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The Master Butchers Singing Club (P.S.)
by: Louise Erdrich

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780060837051
ISBN: 0060837055
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: July 01, 2005
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: July 05, 2005
Studio: Harper Perennial
Sales Rank: 153285

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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.

Amazon.com Review:
Louise Erdrich's The Master Butchers Singing Club is a powerfully told story of love, death, redemption, and resurrection. After German soldier Fidelis Waldvogel returns home from World War I to marry his best friend's pregnant widow, he packs up his father's butcher knives and sets sail for America. He settles in Argus, North Dakota, where he sets up a meat shop with his wife Eva, who quickly befriends the struggling yet resourceful Delphine Watzka. Delphine, who runs a vaudeville show with her balancing partner Cyprian Lazarre, has returned home to Argus to care for her alcoholic father. While most of this emotionally rich novel focuses on the changing landscape of small-town life as seen through Delphine and Fidelis's eyes, Erdrich does a masterful job of illuminating hidden dramas through her secondary characters. Erdrich's portrayal of these various townsfolk, including members of the Master Butchers Singing Club, truly shows off her storytelling talent. Her ability to infuse each character with a distinct and multifaceted personality makes this novel an intimate and thought-provoking adventure. --Gisele Toueg

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Balance
It is some time since I have read _Master Butchers_, so forgive the fuzziness of memory, with the events perhaps confused, perhaps enlarged in significance or perhaps simply lost. I couldn't even finish the book. I loved reading it, but I simply became too worried when, with under 20 pages to go, *major* events were still unfolding. I wasn't sure I could take whatever denouement Erdrich had in store!

The major characters in _Master Butchers_ come from very different backgrounds and approach their lives' trials with different aims, strengths, and failings. Often their interactions with each other are monstrously hard to parse, for they have obviously different significances to each participant. Several main characters are never close to fully defined. The reader observes almost ... Read More

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- Captivating Read
This was one of my book club's selections this year and it was an excellent choice. The author pulls you in right away into the lives of these interesting characters. The storylines moved along at just the right pace and having some of the twists and turns made for even better reading. One caveat - I had to skip a few paragraphs when it came to the killing of animals - but the rest of the book was a great read.

Rating:

- Intricate and filled with delightful description
The Master Butcher's Singing Club resonates well with both the time and the place where it occurs. Erdrich presents characters that leap from the page and give you clear, direct contact with their personalities from the beginning. She presents an amazing picture of her own deep roots from the immigrant side of the family--a small stretch from her other work that has been more directly connected to the Native American culture. Clear, lyrical prose begins and carries through the entire novel bringing the conclusion to a remarkable heritage.

Rating:

- This was terrible!
A friend loaned this to me, praising it to the heavens. So I felt obliged to finish it. Terrible! I cannot believe ths writer has the reputation she has...I think I read Love Medicine years ago in college, but frankly don't remember it. The characters are ill developed. Plotlines fizzle. The narrative is so indirect and oblique that some plot points are ridiculouly hard to follow. A complete waste of time...

Rating:

- Best read of the year.
Rich character development, remarkable story line and I didn't want to put it down. This will appeal to readers of popular novels, yet it's literary quality is well above that of standard pulp novels. The plot is unlike anything I've ever read. So refreshing to pick up something that takes me on an untrodden path!

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