{"product_id":"9780857058300-the-slaughtermans-daughter","title":"The Slaughterman's Daughter","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the Wingate Prize 2021\u003cbr\u003eAn epic historical adventure novel set during the final years of the Russian Empire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE WINGATE PRIZE 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e \"MUST READS\" PICK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eECONOMIST \u003c\/i\u003e\"BEST BOOKS OF 2020\" PICK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/i\u003e \"10 BOOKS TO LOOK FOR IN 2021\" PICK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Boundless imagination and a vibrant style\u003c\/b\u003e . \u003cb\u003ea heroine of unforgettable grit\" DAVID GROSSMAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A story of great beauty and surprise\" GARY SHTEYNGART\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eleaves her home at two hours past midnight and vanishes into the night.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrue, 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCould 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOr could Fanny have been lured away by Zizek Breshov, the mysterious ferryman on the Yaselda river, who, in a strange twist of events, seems to have disappeared on the same night?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSurely there can be no link between Fanny and the peculiar roadside murder on the way to Minsk, which has left Colonel Piotr Novak, head of the Russian secret police, scratching his head. Surely a crime like that could have nothing to do with Fanny Keismann, however the people of Motal might mutter about her reputation as a \u003ci\u003evilde chaya\u003c\/i\u003e, a wild animal .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSurely not.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Hebrew by Orr Scharf\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56651002184054,"sku":"9780857058300","price":11.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_8051994_jpg.jpg?v=1762966017","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780857058300-the-slaughtermans-daughter","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}