Imperium: A Fiction of the South Seas

Christian Kracht

Imperium: A Fiction of the South Seas
Format
Paperback
Publisher
St Martin's Press
Country
United States
Published
13 December 2016
Pages
192
ISBN
9781250097477

Imperium: A Fiction of the South Seas

Christian Kracht

In 1902, a radical vegetarian and nudist from Nuremberg named August Engelhardt set sail for what was then called the Bismarck Archipelago. His destination: the island Kabakon. His goal: to found a colony based on worship of the sun and coconuts. His malnourished body was found on the beach on Kabakon in 1919; he was forty-three years old.

In his first novel to be translated into English, internationally bestselling author Christian Krachht uses the outlandish details of Engelhardt’s life to craft a fable about the allure of extremism and its fundamental foolishness. Playing with the tropes of classic adventure tales like Treasure Island and Robinson Crusoe, Imperium is funny, bizarre, shocking, and poignant - sometimes all on the same page.

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