Amok is a novella by the author Stefan Zweig. First printed in the newspaper Neue
Freie Presse in 1922, Amok appeared shortly afterwards in the collection of
novellas Amok: Novellas of a Passion. As Zweig was fascinated and influenced by
Sigmund Freud’s work, Amok includes clear psychoanalytic elements. It deals with
an extreme obsession, which leads the protagonist to sacrifice his professional and
private life and, eventually, to commit suicide.
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