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The The Master Butcher’s Singing Club Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you.
The Master Butchers Singing Club is a 2003 novel by American author Louise Erdrich. It follows the lives of German immigrants Fidelis Waldvogel and his family, as well as Delphine Watzka and her partner Cyprian, as they adjust in their separate lives in the small town of Argus, North Dakota.
- Louise Erdrich
- 2003
Early in the novel, Fidelis founds a singing club like the one he remembers in his German home, Ludwigsruhe, and the men begin weekly meetings to harmonize and socialize.
WWII breaks out, and Fidelis and Delphine’s newly formed family is horribly divided. His sons Franz and Markus enlist in the U.S. army, but twins Emil and Erich, who have grown up in Germany with Tante’s family, decide to fight on the side of Germany.
The The Master Butcher’s Singing Club Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you.
Aug 29, 2012 · 1. "Ever since he was a child, when sorrow had come down upon him, he'd breathed lightly and gone motionless. As a young soldier, he'd known from the first that in his talent for stillness lay the key to his survival." (p. 2) What clues does this passage give us about Fidelis's personality and his means of coping with tragedy later in life? 2.
Once in Argus, Fidelis began to settle down. He eventually sent for Eva and their child, Franz. Shortly thereafter, the couple opened a butcher shop of their own, called Waldvogel's Meats. They soon became an integral part of the Argus community.
