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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.
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Johannes was killed during the war and Fidelis promised him that in the event of his death he would marry Eva and take care of her and their child. Eva agrees to marry him and very soon they wed. A sniper by necessity of war, Johannes is a butcher by profession.
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
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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. Franz and Emil are killed and Erich is captured.
Oct 4, 2009 · Unfortunately, she doesn't have much time to dwell on this problem because when she returns home to check up on her alcoholic father, she discovers a family of dead bodies in his cellar. It's...
