The Master Butchers Singing Club
By Louise Erdrich
- Release Date: 2009-03-17
- Genre: Fiction & Literature
Description
From National Book Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author Louise Erdrich, a profound and enchanting new novel: a richly imagined world “where butchers sing like angels.”
Having survived World War I, Fidelis Waldvogel returns to his quiet German village and marries the pregnant widow of his best friend, killed in action. With a suitcase full of sausages and a master butcher's precious knife set, Fidelis sets out for America. In Argus, North Dakota, he builds a business, a home for his family—which includes Eva and four sons—and a singing club consisting of the best voices in town. When the Old World meets the New—in the person of Delphine Watzka—the great adventure of Fidelis's life begins. Delphine meets Eva and is enchanted. She meets Fidelis, and the ground trembles. These momentous encounters will determine the course of Delphine's life, and the trajectory of this brilliant novel.
Reviews
Another Gem
5By NewtonFanI could read Erdrich’s writing forever, no matter the subject. This book is just another spectacular example and the reader is drawn in to live in the world the book creates. The only bad part was that it didn’t go on forever.History and musical majesty
5By ccicatididThe book starts with many characters and somehow they blend and weave into a song that is familiar and yet new. I loved this book and the connections of the characters that is built over time.Erdrich is a great writer
5By hudipodRead this book. It will stay with me for a long time. It changed the way I think about my life and about what I think I know.
