And because it’s dead easy, the trio have extra time to help their pink-skirt- wearing Burmese historian friend Khin Tein Aye look for the lost treasure of the 13th century King Mangrai. So Jimm is perfectly placed to investigate when things start going wrong on the movie set. I listened to a Swedish translation of the novella. Hugo Hultenberg did the translation form German to Swedish. What I can state is that the prose was absolutely wonderful—stunning, emotive, captivating, enthralling. I wonder and hope the German to English translation is as good. Stanley, Henry E. J. ed. and trans.(1866) A description of the coasts of East Africa and Malabar by Duarte Barbosa‎ [1], Hakluyt Society

In contemporary Indonesia, the term amok ( amuk) generally refers not to individual violence, but to frenzied violence by mobs. Indonesians now commonly use the term 'gelap mata' (literally 'darkened eyes') to refer to individual amok. Laurens van der Post experienced the phenomenon in the East Indies and wrote in 1955: When the first person narrator offers to help the doctor, the latter categorically turns down the offer, disappearing to be never heard of again. Only at the arrival in Naples, the narrator learns about a mysterious accident that happened while the cargo was being discharged: when the lead coffin with the woman’s remains was being unloaded, the doctor threw himself onto the coffin that was fastened to ropes, thereby dragging both the coffin and him down to the bottom of the sea. Neither could the person running amok be saved nor could the coffin be recovered. a b "Amok syndrome: causes, symptoms and treatment • Psychology Says". psychologysays.net. 2021-03-21. Archived from the original on 2022-10-02 . Retrieved 2022-04-12.

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In the novella, as in Moonbeam Alley, Zweig brings the altruistic concerns of the protagonist into the forefront. [1] Plot [ edit ]

Saint Martin, Michael (1999). "Running Amok: A Modern Perspective on a Culture-Bound Syndrome". Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 1 (3): 66–70. doi: 10.4088/pcc.v01n0302. ISSN 0160-6689. PMC 181064. PMID 15014687. For those who’ve read any of Colin Cotterill’s previous Jimm Juree mysteries, this is a prequel to the series. Jimm’s mother has not yet bought her rundown resort on the Gulf of Siam, so that aspect of the setting isn’t featured. In this novel, Jimm, Sissy and Arnie are all on a movie set. Jimm is a journalist and has got her editor’s agreement to a story about a day in the life of a movie extra. The movie is supposed to take place in Siam in 1650, and will be the latest movie to star Dan Jensen, a toothy American superstar. Yes, it is intended to be a realistic portrayal of 17th century Siam, but (of course) the movie won’t sell without an America star. Sissy has managed to get Arnie and Jimm roles as extras in the movie. Extras? Yes, there are extras playing soldiers running amok and being killed. It’s dead easy. A widely accepted explanation links amok with male honour (amok by women and children is virtually unknown). [14]In the Philippines, amok also means unreasoning murderous rage by an individual. In 1876, the Spanish governor-general of the Philippines José Malcampo coined the term juramentado for the behavior (from juramentar – "to take an oath"), surviving into modern Philippine languages as huramentado. [23] It has historically been linked with the Moro people of Mindanao, particularly in the Sulu Archipelago, in connection with societal and cultural pressures. [24] Borrowed from English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk ( “ to go on a killing spree ” ). On June 15, 2009 Colin Cotterill received the Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library award for being "the author of crime fiction whose work is currently giving the greatest enjoyment to library users". The prose makes the book remarkable, way, way above the ordinary. The atmosphere drawn is beautiful, captivating, enticing—it makes the reader need to know more. One begs for the whole story. The man there with the pipe opens his heart and tells his story to the novella’s unnamed narrator. Concerning the plot, I need say nothing more….except one thing. The figure with the pipe is a doctor.

When the Lao books gained in popularity, Cotterill set up a project to send books to Lao children and sponsor trainee teachers. The Books for Laos programme elicits support from fans of the books and is administered purely on a voluntary basis.Ten years ago, Colin became involved in child protection in the region and set up an NGO in Phuket which he ran for the first two years. After two more years of study in child abuse issues, and one more stint in Phuket, he moved on to ECPAT, an international organization combating child prostitution and pornography. He established their training program for caregivers. With this kind of controversial situations, I try to borrow the hat, or the lenses, of an historian, and not judge an individual by the times, and place, in which, his/her own destiny made his soul take corporeal presence. Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu: hantu belian" (in Malay and English). Malaysia: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka . Retrieved 6 November 2011. hantu belian Running amok would thus be both a way of escaping the world (since perpetrators were normally killed or committed suicide) and re-establishing one's reputation as a man to be feared and respected.