Stefan zweig has 751 books on goodreads with 466858 ratings. I enjoyed this short work exploring what it means to run amok. Stefan zweig books list of books by author stefan zweig. Download stefan zweigs amok for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile. Books by zweig, stefan sorted alphabetically project. Amok and other stories by stefan zweig nook book ebook. Amok by zweig and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. First printed in the newspaper neue freie presse in 1922, amok appeared shortly afterwards in the collection of novellas amok. Amok fifth dispatch is an exhaustively researched and provocatively illustrated guide to over two thousand of the most bizarre, controversial and thoughtprovoking books. As with all zweig novellas that ive read except for the phenomenal chess story, the fascination lies mostly in the outer frame, in which inevitably, a writer who is essentially stefan zweig is approached by a strange person with a story to tell. Read amok and other stories by stefan zweig available from rakuten kobo. Discover book depositorys huge selection of stefan zweig books online.
Its a great explanatory for the meanings of honor, desire, oath, help, willingness, obsession, amok and a great example of zweig s ability to describe people in their most miserable moments. It was digitized and added to the library in march 20. It deals with an extreme obsession, which leads the protagonist to sacrifice his professional and private life and, eventually, to commit suicide. Project gutenberg offers 60,091 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. In 1934, with the rise of nazism, he left austria, and lived in london, bath and new yorka period during which he produced his most celebrated works. In a small remote town of the west malaysia, the only doctor in town is asked by the wealthy woman of a dutch trademan to practice an abortion on her before her husband comes back from europe. The grand budapest hotel has elements that were sort of stolen from both these books. Books by stefan zweig authors like stefan zweig what. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. It is the only story in which zweig looks at nazism, and he does so with characteristic emphasis on the psychological. He studied at the universities of berlin and vienna and was first known. Download stefan zweig s amok for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile. First printed in the newspaper neue freie presse in 1922, amok appeared shortly afterwards in the.
Amok by zweig abebooks abebooks shop for books, art. About amok a new pocket edition of this conradian tale of maddening desire, from the master of the novella on a sweltering oceanliner travelling from india to europe a passenger tells his story. Amok by stefan zweig and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Stefan zweig was born in 1881 in vienna, into a wealthy austrianjewish family.
Amok, a 1922 novella recently reissued in pushkin presss collected stories, translated by anthea bell. Stefan zweig was born in 1881 into a wealthy viennese jewish family. Inspired by much of the work of sigmund freud, this would feature themes of obsession, in what is essentially a standalone novella. Amok by stefan zweig, first edition abebooks passion for books. My edition of this book contains three of zweigs novellas. The collected stories of stefan zweig hardcover porter. Ive heard of this term in discussions by mental health colleges so it was interesting to read this story. First published in 1922, it would come out in austria, setting up an early entry in to the writing career of stefan zweig as an author of much repute. During his lifetime, zweig wrote mostly biographies and novellas, the latter being as short as they are engaging. A doctor in the dutch east indies torn between his medical duty to help and his own mixed emotions.
Amok books has been disseminating and publishing challenging books since 1987. Your order is now being processed and we have sent a confirmation email to you at. Amok is a novella by the austrian author stefan zweig. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Chess story, also known as the royal game, is the austrian master stefan zweigs final achievement, completed in brazilian exile and sent off to his american publisher only days before his suicide in 1942. Amok, letter from an unknown woman and the invisible collection i believe hemingways theory of iceberg prose can be perfectly applied to stefan zweigs writting. Stefan zweig was a renowned austrian biographer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. Amok ebook by stefan zweig 9791023403312 rakuten kobo. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading amok. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. An amok doctor will try to balance both his desires and hippocratic oath through the story. Amok by zweig stefan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles. As zweig was fascinated and influenced by sigmund freuds work, amok includes clear psychoanalytical elements.
We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. He studied in berlin and vienna and was first known as a poet and translator, then as a biographer. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. Explore books by stefan zweig with our selection at. Disseminating and publishing challenging books since 1987 amok books. Between the wars, zweig was an international bestseller with a string of hugely popular novellas including letter from an unknown woman, amok and fear. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Stefan zweigs amok and other stories confirms him as one of the masters of the short story, says nicholas lezard. Zweig, stefan by amok and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Fuyant le nazisme, ils avait quitte lautriche pour sexiler en angleterre des 1933. Nov 02, 2017 stefan zweig was born in 1881 in vienna, into a wealthy austrianjewish family. Jun 26, 2018 stefan zweig was born in 1881 in vienna, into a wealthy austrianjewish family. Our steven spielberg digital yiddish library contains more than 11,000 books, which you can read online or download for free. Amok is a 1944 mexican romantic drama film directed by antonio momplet and starring maria felix and julian soler.
Amok kindle edition by zweig, stefan, bell, anthea. A doctor in the dutch east indies torn between his medical. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Two characters in our story are vaguely meant to represent zweig himself our author character, played by tom. During the 1920s and the 1930s, at the zenith of his literary career, he was.
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