The Master Butchers Singing Club
Book description
A powerful novel from one of the most celebrated American writers of her generation, and the winner of the National Book Award for Fiction 2012
In the quiet aftermath of WWI, Fidelis Waldvogel leaves behind his quiet German village, and sets out for America with his new wife Eva -…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Master Butchers Singing Club as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
It follows German immigrant Fidelis Waldvogel and his family, and other characters in a small rural town in North Dakota in the years of and in between the First and Second World Wars.
The way the earthy and believable characters confront complex human issues intertwined with family, betrayal, death, are deftly told by a master storyteller. This one sits on my bookshelf for re-reads. I am in awe of Erdrich’s storytelling ability; you know these characters, you can smell the inside of the butcher shop, you feel a boy’s exhilaration as he watches a plane fly overhead.
From Karin's list on historical prairie fiction to transport readers.
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