Imperium
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York City, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781250097477
Subjects: Fiction, historical; Pacific area, fiction; Fiction, biographical
Description: 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 of Kabakon. His goal: to establish 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.