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The Master Butchers Singing Club

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The Master Butchers Singing Club

By: Louise Erdrich
Narrated by: Louise Erdrich
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From National Book Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author Louise Erdrich, a profound and enchanting new novel: a richly imagined world “where butchers sing like angels.”

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.

©2004 Louise Erdrich; (P)2004 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction United States World Literature Native American
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The audio quality is horrible. Some parts are cleanly recorded, other parts are barely audible.
The volume comes in and out like it was recorded through a phone call.
There's a lot of static and other audio artefacts. Audible generally has well recorded books, this one is a waste of money.

Otherwise the performance and storytelling is fantastic.

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Another beautifully written novel. I didn’t enjoy this one as much as Erdrich’s stories of American Indians but that is my personal preference.

Poetic Prose is Erdrich’s Gift to Readers

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