"In De Verlatene (The Forsaken Woman, 1910) she portrays a traditional father whose children have left him for an assimilated life in a world that is quite alien to him."
Of course "Forsaken" in the title of that novel refers to the father, not to any woman. Also, the novel is a portrayal of young jewish intellectuals in Amsterdam and is modeled on her and her brother's (Jacob israel de haan) experiences in early twentieth century Amsterdam as young jewish intellectuals who are drawn to the socialist movement. Indeed, there is a sharp contrast between Daniel, who wants to keep his jewish identity intact but can't see it being that of his father and of his youth, and Jacob, who is the assimilated one, or Esther who goed mad in trying to "fit in" with non-jewish society. It is the youngest child, Roos, who simply forgets her father is waiting for her at the seder table on pesach.
Judaism also plays a large role in "Present Day Fetishism" and she was prescient enough to know there was a direct line from Chamberlain's "Grundlagen" to Bavarian National Socialists.
"In De Verlatene (The Forsaken Woman, 1910) she portrays a traditional father whose children have left him for an assimilated life in a world that is quite alien to him."
Of course "Forsaken" in the title of that novel refers to the father, not to any woman. Also, the novel is a portrayal of young jewish intellectuals in Amsterdam and is modeled on her and her brother's (Jacob israel de haan) experiences in early twentieth century Amsterdam as young jewish intellectuals who are drawn to the socialist movement. Indeed, there is a sharp contrast between Daniel, who wants to keep his jewish identity intact but can't see it being that of his father and of his youth, and Jacob, who is the assimilated one, or Esther who goed mad in trying to "fit in" with non-jewish society. It is the youngest child, Roos, who simply forgets her father is waiting for her at the seder table on pesach.
Judaism also plays a large role in "Present Day Fetishism" and she was prescient enough to know there was a direct line from Chamberlain's "Grundlagen" to Bavarian National Socialists.