''The Salvation of Yasch Siemens'' is the first novel by the Canadian author

Armin Wiebe Armin Wiebe (born 17 June 1948) is a Canadian writer of Russian Mennonite descent born in Altona, Manitoba, best known for his humorous novels about Mennonites. Wiebe is regarded as one of the pioneers of humorous Mennonite writing in English a ...

. The book tells the story of Yasch and his love interest Oata set in the fictional Mennonite community of Gutenthal. The book, published by Turnstone Press, was shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour and was an important milestone in Mennonite literature, being one of the first Mennonite novels in English to incorporate humour. The book is also known for its Plautdietschisms. Wiebe followed up the book with five more novels set in Gutenthal. A thirty-fifth anniversary edition of ''The Salvation of Yasch Siemens'' was published by Turnstone in 2019 with an afterword by Nathan Dueck.

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1984 Canadian novels Novels set in Manitoba {{Canada-novel-stub