What happens when a trained killer discovers that his true vocation is love? Having survived the killing fields of World War I, Fidelis Waldvogel returns home to his quiet German village and marries the pregnant widow of his best friend who was killed in action.
These momentous encounters will determine the course of Delphine\'s life, and the trajectory of this brilliant novel..
She meets Fidelis, and the ground trembles.
Delphine meets Eva and is enchanted.
When the Old World meets the New--in the person of Delphine Watzka--the great adventure of Fidelis\'s life begins.
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.
With a suitcase full of sausages and a Master butcher\'s precious knife set, Fidelis sets out for America.
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.
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.
What happens when a trained killer discovers that his true vocation is love? Having survived the killing fields of World War I, Fidelis Waldvogel returns home to his quiet German village and marries the pregnant widow of his best friend who was killed in action
