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Description edit
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. With a suitcase full of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Delphine Watzka: Daughter of Roy Watzka
- Cyprian: Acrobat partner
- Markus: Son of Fidelis
- Roy Watzka: Town drunk and father of Delphine
- Franz: Oldest son of Fidelis
- Tante: "Aunt" (in German), sister to Fidelis
- Mazarine Shimek: Franz's girlfriend; becomes a close friend of Delphine's
- Clarisse: Mortician for Argus, and childhood friend to Delphine
- Eva Waldvogel: Wife of Fidelis
- Step-and-a-half: Collects rags in Argus and resells items left on doorsteps. Town eccentric
- Fidelis: Master Butcher who comes to Argus after fighting in WWI
- Minnie: Wife of Roy
- Erich: One of the twins of Fidelis and Eva's youngest children
- Emil: One of the twins of Fidelis and Eva
- Doctor Heech: Doctor in Argus
- Chavers: The family murdered in Argus
- Johannes: Eva's first love and best friend of Fidelis
- Ruthie: Child found dead in a cellar her parents
- Betty: rich flirtatious daughter of the town banker who tries to wrangle in Franz
- Pete Kozka: The other butcher in the town of Argus
- Hottentot: miserable, greedy, mean dog that belonged to the other butcher, Pete Kozka
- De Soto: The car driven by Delphine and Cyprian
- Sal Birdy: Add a description of this character.
- Zumbrugge: rich town banker
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
FIDELIS WALKED home from the great war in twelve days and slept thirty-eight hours once he crawled into his childhood bed.
Table of Contents edit
1. The Last Link
2. The Balancing Expert
3. The Bones
4. The Cellar
5. The Butcher's Wife
6. The Night Garden
7. The Paper Heart
8. The Burning of the Mutts
9. The Room in the Earth
10. Earth Sickness
11. The Christmas Sun
12. Traumfeuer
13. The Snake People
14. The Army of the Silver Firs
15. The Master Butchers Singing Club
16. Step-and-a-Half
Authors & Contributors edit
- Louise Erdrich (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0060837055
Page Count: 416
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0060837055
Page Count: 416
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Native American › Erdrich, Louise
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( E ) › Erdrich, Louise
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
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