Yaniv Iczkovits's "The Slaughterman's Daughter"

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Jan 13, 202106:44Religion & Spirituality

On this episode, Marcela reads an excerpt from Yaniv Iczkovits's novel The Slaughterman's Daughter: The Avenging of Mende Speismann by the Hand of her Sister Fanny . It is translated from the Hebrew by Orr Sharf. The pro...

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