Amok

von Stefan Zweig

56 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Amok is a novella by the author Stefan Zweig. First printed in the newspaper NeueFreie Presse in 1922, Amok appeared shortly afterwards in the collection ofnovellas Amok Novellas of a Passion. As Zweig was fascinated and influenced bySigmund Freuds work, Amok includes clear psychoanalytic elements. It deals withan extreme obsession, which leads the protagonist to sacrifice his professional andprivate life and, eventually, to commit suicide.The title of the novella comes from the Indonesian-origin term amok, which wasuncommon in those days. It refers to people who attack the enemy in supposedlyblind anger and try to kill the enemy as well as anyone else in their way, randomly,without taking into consideration any danger.In the novella, as in Moonbeam Alley, Zweig brings the altruistic concerns of theprotagonist into the forefront.