The Master Butchers Singing Club: A Novel

Name: The Master Butchers Singing Club: A Novel
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Louise Erdrich
ISBN: 9780060837051

Louise Erdrich

05/07/2005
Harper Perennial

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de The Master Butchers Singing Club: A Novel par Louise Erdrich

Résumé

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 familywhich includes Eva and four sonsand a singing club consisting of the best voices in town. When the Old World meets the Newin the person of Delphine Watzkathe 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.