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Songs for the Butcher's Daughter
Peter Manseau
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Description for Songs for the Butcher's Daughter
Paperback. An immigrant's epic saga spanning the entire twentieth century, Songs for the Butcher's Daughteris one of the most captivating books of the year Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Itsik Malpesh was born the son of a goose-plucking factory manager during the Russian pogroms - his life saved on the night it began by the young daughter of a kosher slaughterer. Or so he believes... Exiled during the war, Itsik eventually finds himself in New York, working as a typesetter and writing poetry to his muse, the butcher's daughter, whom he is sure he will never see again. But it is here in New York that Itsik is unexpectedly reunited with his greatest love - and, later, his greatest enemy - with results both serendipitous ... Read more
Itsik Malpesh was born the son of a goose-plucking factory manager during the Russian pogroms - his life saved on the night it began by the young daughter of a kosher slaughterer. Or so he believes... Exiled during the war, Itsik eventually finds himself in New York, working as a typesetter and writing poetry to his muse, the butcher's daughter, whom he is sure he will never see again. But it is here in New York that Itsik is unexpectedly reunited with his greatest love - and, later, his greatest enemy - with results both serendipitous ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847393388
SKU
KCG0002907
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Peter Manseau
Peter Manseau has been a carpenter, journalist and typesetter in his time, and is the author of two works of non-fiction, including the memoir Vows: The Story of a Priest, a Nun and their Son. He is thirty-four and lives with his wife and two children in Washington. Songs for the Butcher's Daughter is his first novel. ... Read more
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