What happens when a trained killer discovers, in the aftermath of war, that his true vocation is love?
Harper
July 2005
On Sale: July 1, 2005
Featuring: Delphine Watzka; Fidelis
416 pages ISBN: 0060837055 EAN: 9780060837051 Trade Size (reprint) Add to Wish List
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, killed in action.
With a suitcase full of sausages and a master butcher's
precious set of knives, Fidelis sets out for America,
getting as far as Argus, North Dakota, where he settles,
building a business and a home for his family -- which now
includes Eva and four sons -- and a singing club consisting
of the best voices in town.
What happens when the Old World meets the New -- in the
person of Delphine Watzka -- becomes one of the great
adventures of Fidelis's life. 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 new novel in
which Louise Erdrich creates a world filled with memorable
characters who grapple with the worst and best of human nature.
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