description: 'Kalimantaan' - the old name for Borneo - tells of the founding of a small empire by an extraordinary man and a handful of his followers. Within 10 years Gideon Barr conquers an area the size of England and Wales, but the personal cost is enormous.
language: English
title: Kalimantaan
titlecomplete: Kalimantaan
genres: Historical, Literature, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adventure, Asia, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 365
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
publisher: Henry Holt