by Louise Erdrich
Fidelis, a German veteran of the First World War, emigrates to the United States where he sets up a butcher's shop in North Dakota and becomes involved with Delphine, the daughter of the town drunk. In the process both of them have to divest themselves of other relationships and entanglements. It's ...
The novel is book-ended by WWI and WWII. It is a mystery with many twists and turns, but underneath the varied themes it feels as if it is mainly about love and romance, in all its varieties, and war, in its many phases.Arriving home to Germany, after World War I, after three years of acting as a sn...
I've enjoyed Erdrich's short stories for a long time. Reading this novel, it occurred to me that each chapter reads almost as a short story itself; the chapters are related, and follow chronologically, but could also stand alone.An enjoyable read.
A good epic story with true to life characters. Also about the assimilation of Germans coming to the US after WW1, and how these families were affected by WW2.
I tried and failed to like this book. I was about half way through when I decided in favor of more pleasurable pursuits.
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