'The Vision Of Emma Blau' is 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 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.
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.
