Songs for the Butcher's Daughter: A Novel

Songs for the Butcher's Daughter: A Novel

In this acclaimed fiction debut, "a rich, often ironic homage to Yiddish culture and language" (Publishers Weekly), Peter Manseau weaves 100 years of Jewish history, the sad fate of an ancient language, and a love story shaped by destiny into a truly great American novel.

In a five-story walkup in Baltimore, nonagenarian Itsik Malpeshâ€”the last Yiddish poet in Americaâ€”spends his days lamenting the death of his language and dreaming of having his memoirs and poems translated into a living tongue. So when a twenty-one-year-old translator and collector of Judaica crosses his path one day, he goes to extraordinary efforts to enlist the young manâ€™s services. And what the translator finds in ten handwritten notebooks is a chronicle of the twentieth century. From the Easter Sunday Pogrom of Kishinev, Russia, to the hellish garment factories of Manhattanâ€™s Lower East Side, Itsik Malpesh recounts a tumultuous, heartrending, and colorful past. But the greatest surprise is yet to come: for the two men share a connection as unlikely as it is life-affirming.

With the ardent and feisty Itsik Malpesh, Peter Manseau has created a narrator for the ages and given him a story that will win over readersâ€™ hearts and keep them turning pages long into the night. Songs for the Butcherâ€™s Daughter is a literary triumph.
Country USA
Brand Free Press
Manufacturer Free Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781416538714
ReleaseDate 2009-06-09
UnitCount 1
UPCs 001416538712
EANs 9781416538714

Country	USA
Brand	Free Press
Manufacturer	Free Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781416538714
ReleaseDate	2009-06-09
UnitCount	1
UPCs	001416538712
EANs	9781416538714

Songs for the Butcher's Daughter: A Novel

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