Amok is a novella by the austrian author stefan zweig. The main characters of this short stories, fiction story are. Novellen einer leidenschaft german stefan zweig 251 downloads romain rolland. November 28, 1881 february 22, 1942 was an austrian writer of jewish descent. Born into an austrianjewish family in 1881, he became a leading figure in viennas cosmopolitan cultural world and was famed for his gripping n. Zweig studied romance and germanic philology at the universities of vienna and. The collected stories of stefan zweig download pdf. Balzac, dickens, dostojewski german stefan zweig 251 downloads amok. He volunteered to be a soldier in the first world war, and got the post as a military commentator. Stefan zweig was born in 1881 into a wealthy viennese jewish family. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan zweig, one of the most prolific and, in his time, most widely read authors of the twentieth century, began his literary career as a poet, but his lyric poetry is not among his most. Amok and other stories by stefan zweig overdrive rakuten. During his lifetime, zweig wrote mostly biographies and novellas, the latter being as short as they are engaging.
The main characters of this non fiction, history story are romain rolland, stephan zweig. Between the wars, zweig was an international bestseller more about stefan zweig. Amok, a 1922 novella recently reissued in pushkin presss collected stories, translated by anthea bell. Stefan zweig ebooks epub and pdf format stefan zweig ebooks. The book was published in multiple languages including french, consists of 222 pages and is available in mass market paperback format. Zweig traveled widely, living in salzburg, london and new. A doctor in the dutch east indies torn between his medical duty to help and his own mixed emotions. Amok polish paperback january 1, 2017 by stefan zweig author. The book has been awarded with schlegeltieck prize. The nazis gained power in germany in 1933, and their influence could be felt in austria as well.
One more library free online ebooks in pdf, epub, kindle and other formats. Stefan zweig was a prominent writer in the 1920s and 1930s. 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. He studied in berlin and vienna and was first known as a poet and translator, then as a biographer. Stefan zweig zweig, stefan, 18811942 the online books. Stefan zweigs amok and other stories confirms him as one of the masters of the short story, says nicholas lezard nicholas lezard sat 28 apr. Though he is still wellknown in many european countries, his work has become less familiar in the anglophone world. This delicious fact was hugged to themselves by most of the intellectuals of the german speaking world during the decades before 1940, in. The first edition of the novel was published in 1922, and was written by stefan zweig. The collected stories of stefan zweig by stefan zweig. Stefan zweig was one of the most popular and widely translated writers of the early twentieth century.
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