The Vision of Emma Blau

The Vision of Emma Blau
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 523
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ISBN-10 : 9781439144121
ISBN-13 : 1439144125
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Book Synopsis The Vision of Emma Blau by : Ursula Hegi

Download or read book The Vision of Emma Blau written by Ursula Hegi and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-05-24 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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