The Vision of Emma Blau (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780684872735)

Ursula Hegi returns with a 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 from Stones 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.

The Vision of Emma Blau illustrates a fascinating picture of immigrants in America, including 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.

Author: Ursula Hegi
ISBN-10: 0684872730
ISBN-13: 9780684872735
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Language: English
Published: 01/16/2001
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.08h x 5.28w x 0.96d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 04/01/2001 pg. 20