Imperium: A Fiction of the South Seas

by Christian Kracht

Book Overview

One of Publishers Weekly's Ten Best Books of 2015
One of Huffington Post's "18 Best Fiction Books of 2015"

An outrageous, fantastical, uncategorizable novel of obsession, adventure, and coconuts

In 1902, a radical vegetarian and nudist from Nuremberg named August Engelhardt set sail for what was then called the Bismarck Archipelago, in German New Guinea. His destination: the island Kabakon. His goal: to establish...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374175241
• ISBN13: 9780374175245
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.5"