The Vision of Emma Blau (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Ursula Koch
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1881-1990
- Setting: Primarily along the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire, with brief forays into Germany along the Rhine River near Düsseldorf
- Principal Characters: Stefan Blau, Helene Blau, Greta Blau Creed, Tobias Blau, Robert Blau, Yvonne Blau, Emma Blau, Caleb Blau, Stefan Blau (Miles)
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Restaurants, bars, taverns, or pubs, American Dream, New England, New Hampshire, Immigration or emigration, Germany or German people
- Locales: Germany, New Hampshire
The Vision of Emma Blau by Ursula Hegi is a novel with a noteworthy pedigree: not a sequel per se, but a third fictional meditation on the familial destinies and individual moral crises of a cast of interrelated characters spanning more than a century of modern history, introduced by the author in two books published in the preceding decade. Floating in My Mother’s Palm (1990) and Stones from the River (1994), the latter an Oprah’s Book Club selection, portrayed life in the fictional German town of Burgdorf between 1915 and 1952. These two works emerged from...
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