The Slaughterman's Daughter: The Avenging of Mende Speismann by the Hand of her Sister Fanny (Hardback)

What begins as a small family drama explodes in every possible direction in its virtuosity * Haaretz *
An adventure story with few like it in modern Hebrew literature . . . a simply outstanding novel -- Yaron London * Walla *
A major novel that zigzags between characters and plots, between history and psychology, rooted in a brilliant narrative -- Gili Izikovich * Haaretz Gallery *
In The Slaughterman's Daughter, Iczkovits presents an original take on the historical novel which recreates - with a shrewd but affectionate look back at a lost world - Jewish life in the Russian empire at the end of the nineteenth century. The story's plot, characters, narrative style and the narrator's perspective are characterized by historical realism but also an element of fantasy. It is also worth noting the novel's brilliant insights, its winning humour, and especially the highly effective and readable blend of our vibrant, supple modern Hebrew and a distant, forgotten way of life. This is a novel of unquestionable uniqueness -- Dr. David Weinfeld, Dr. Shira Stav, Bilhah ben Eliyahu * Judges' Committee of the Agnon Prize *
This is a perfect, if rare, example of a contemporary Israeli narrative that is in living dialogue with the literary and historical past, drawing on it and constructing an utterly original, independent artistic structure on its foundations ... Iczkovits has created a sensual, richly vibrant Jewish world devoid of stereotypes, with flesh-and-blood characters to whom nothing human is foreign. There is no doubt. Iczkovits has pulled this off with wondrous success, yielding a virtuosic novel -- Professor Avner Holzman, Maya Sela, Amir Lev, Eldad Ziv, Netta Gurevitch * Judges' Committee of the Ramat Gan Prizze for Literary Excellence *
We should keep an eye on Iczkovits. He is an amazing, promising talent . . . who will be talked about for a long time to come -- Dorit Rabinyan * Time Out, on ADAM AND SOPHIE *
A major, dizzying novel * Haaretz, on ADAM AND SOPHIE *
The literary expectations raised by Yaniv Iczkovits' first novel have now been fulfilled in his second -- Yedioth Ahronoth, on ADAM AND SOPHIE
Iczkovits' talent is evident * Maariv, on ADAM AND SOPHIE *