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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
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.
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.
It is very likely that thousands of families living around the broader Great Lakes region can trace their history to a single man or various members of an extended family running out of their limited funds in Ohio or Michigan or Wisconsin or Minnesota or somewhere else on the way that fell way short of their intended destination.
Sep 21, 2010 · This elegant adaptation by Marsha Norman (“‘night, Mother”) of a sweeping multi-decade novel, “The Master Butchers Singing Club,” puts forth impressive contributions all around. Norman ...
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. Delphine Watzka moved back to her Argus hometown after spending time on the road with Cyprian and their vaudeville act.
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Jan 1, 2003 · German immigrants settled down in a small town where Fidelis Waldvogel and his wife Eva opened up a butchery and try to fit into a new society. Their paths crossed with local characters with which they form strong bonds, when Fidelis started the master butcher's singing club.
