The Vision of Emma Blau A Novel
, by Hegi, UrsulaNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780684872735 | 0684872730
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/16/2001
The Vision of Emma Blauis the luminous epic of a bicultural family filled with passion and aspirations, tragedy and redemption. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Stefan Blau, whom readers will remember fromStones from the River,flees Burgdorf, a small town in Germany, and comes to America in search of the vision he has dreamed of every night. The novel closes nearly a century later with Stefan's granddaughter, Emma, and the legacy of his dream: the Wasserburg, a once-grand apartment house filled with the hidden truths of its inhabitants both past and present. Ursula Hegi creates a fascinating picture of immigrants in America: their dreams and disappointments, the challenges of assimilation, the frailty of language and its transcendence, the love that bonds generations and the cultural wedges that drive them apart.