Carry van Bruggen

Carry van Bruggen, the nom-de-plume of Carolina Lea de Haan (1881–1932), is one of the most important Dutch authors of the early twentieth century

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Over the course of her career, she grew from a realist author into a writer with an almost impressionistic approach to portraying women’s inner lives. Her last novel, Eva (1927), is both her most well-known and most experimental work. In her book-length essay Prometheus (1919), she applied her philosophical beliefs about independence to world history.

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Eva

'Eva' is a sensitive self-portrait written as a stream of consciousness. When it appeared, the heartbeat of Van Bruggen’s unique prose was compared to the exciting, sometimes bewildering, rhythms of jazz. Van Bruggen believes that the essence of personality lies in self-expression and in Eva she put her theory into practice. Van Bruggen’s main character refuses to be satisfied with compromise and modest happiness, throwing herself into an admirable struggle for a deep independently-won acceptance of life, convinced of her right to do so.

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