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“A substantial, beautifully composed, confident work of art ... both expansive in its reach and intimate in its intense focus.” (O magazine)

“An enrapturing plunge into the depths of the human heart.” (Washington Post Book World)

“[A] magnificent tale...poignant in the mysteries it evokes and patient with the questions it leaves unanswered.” (Los Angeles Times Book Review)

“Miraculous ...[Erdrich is] at the peak of powers as a writer ... Her work is as melodious as ever.” (Boston Globe)

“Emotionally resonant.” (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times)

“[A] masterpiece... Erdrich never hits a false note.” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

“Louise Erdrich’s rousing and radiant new novel THE MASTER BUTCHERS SINGING CLUB is all kinds of lovely.” (Newsweek)

“Each moment and its particulars dazzles ... Fidelis and firm-bellied Delphine and the rest [of the characters] are masterworks.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

“THE MASTER BUTCHERS SINGING CLUB can surely be cast as the most wrenching and wise of Erdrich’s nine novels.” (Miami Herald)

“A brilliantly layered look at war’s costs ...Daring, graceful, comprehending and, rooted in the great plains, uniquely American.” (Kansas City Star)

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.