Imperium
Subtitle: a fiction of the South Seas
By: Christian Kracht ; translated from the German by Daniel Bowles
Contributors: Bowles, Daniel James, 1981- translator
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York City, USA
Language: eng
Translated from: ger
Translation of: Imperium
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780374175245
Subjects: Colonies; Fiction
Work titles: Imperium
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.
Notes: Translation from the German of: Imperium.