The Slaughterman'S Daughter Av Yaniv Iczkovits

<p><b>WINNER OF THE WINGATE PRIZE 2021</b><br><b><i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> "MUST READS" PICK</b><br><b><i>ECONOMIST </i>"BEST BOOKS OF 2020" PICK</b><b><br><i>KIRKUS REVIEWS</i> "10 BOOKS TO LOOK FOR IN 2021" PICK</b><br><br><b>"Boundless imagination and a vibrant style</b> . . . <b>a heroine of unforgettable grit" DAVID GROSSMAN</b><br><b>"A story of great beauty and surprise" GARY SHTEYNGART<br></b><b><br>The townsfolk of Motal, an isolated, godforsaken town in the Pale of Settlement, are shocked when Fanny Keismann - devoted wife, mother of five, and celebrated cheese-maker</b> - <b>leaves her home at two hours past midnight and vanishes into the night.</b><br><br>True, the husbands of Motal have been vanishing for years, but a wife and mother? Whoever heard of such a thing. What on earth possessed her?<br><br>Could it have anything to do with Fanny''s missing brother-in-law, who left her sister almost a year ago and ran away to Minsk, abandoning their family to destitution and despair?<b