3h 25m
Amerigo
Author:
Stefan Zweig (5)
Reader: Andranik Antonyan (18)
Category:
Short story (657)
Translator:
M. Aristakesyan (1)
Age Recommendation: 16+
Stefan Zweig's Amerigo: A Comedy of Errors in History is the Austrian writer's account of how America got its name. This short, late work describes how Amerigo Vespucci, “a man of medium caliber [who] had never been entrusted with a fleet” gave his name to the New World because “of a combination of circumstances — through error, accident, and misunderstanding.”