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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060935332
ISBN-139780060935337
eBay Product ID (ePID)4415786
Product Key Features
Book TitleMaster Butchers Singing Club
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicRomance / Historical / General, General
Publication Year2004
GenreFiction
AuthorLouise Erdrich
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight13.5 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-068501
ReviewsTHE MASTER BUTCHERS SINGING CLUB can surely be cast as the most wrenching and wise of Erdrich's nine novels., Not since Ricard Russo's 2001 novel EMPIRE FALLS ... have I enjoyed the company of such memorable characters., A substantial, beautifully composed, confident work of art … both expansive in its reach and intimate in its intense focus., Louise Erdrich's rousing and radiant new novel THE MASTER BUTCHERS SINGING CLUB is all kinds of lovely., Each moment and its particulars dazzles … Fidelis and firm-bellied Delphine and the rest [of the characters] are masterworks., A brilliantly layered look at war's costs …Daring, graceful, comprehending and, rooted in the great plains, uniquely American., [THE MASTER BUTCHERS SINGING CLUB] is marked by moments of true creative genius, exquisitely imagined and masterfully drawn., Appropriately grim and thoughtful, THE MASTER BUTCHERS SINGING CLUB is also full of tenderness and life … Marvelous., Lush and stark … employing vivid imagery, deft description and dialogue that flows … Stunning language., Miraculous …[Erdrich is] at the peak of powers as a writer … Her work is as melodious as ever., The Master Butchers Singing Club reveals on of our finest writers at the peak of her considerable powers., [A] magnificent tale … poignant in the mysteries it evokes and patient with the questions is leaves unanswered., Erdrich is an abundantly gifted storyteller, with a penchant for meticulous detail and tremendous empathy for her characters.
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SynopsisHaving 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.