Imperium - Paperback

Name: Imperium - Paperback
Brand: BooksCloud
SKU: 9781250097477
Price: 18.00 USD
Availability: InStock

by Christian Kracht

$18.00

Book Overview

Report copyright infringement

by Christian Kracht (Author)

Winner of the Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize

One of Publishers Weekly's Ten Best Books of 2015

A Huffington Post Best Fiction Book of the Year

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.

In his first novel to be translated into English, internationally bestselling author Christian Kracht uses the outlandish details of Engelhardt's life to craft a fable about the allure of extremism and its fundamental foolishness. "A Melvillean masterpiece of the South Seas" (Jonathan Sturgeon, Flavorwire), Imperium is funny, bizarre, shocking, and poignant---sometimes all on the same page.

Author Biography

Christian Kracht is a Swiss novelist, whose books have been translated into 27 languages. His previous novels include Faserland, 1979, and I Will Be Here in Sunshine and in Shadow. Imperium was the recipient of the 2012 Wilhelm Raabe literature prize.

Number of Pages: 192

Dimensions: 0.5 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN

Publication Date: November 08, 2016

ISBN	9781250097477
Author	Christian Kracht
Publisher	Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Genre	Literature
Format	Paperback
Published	November 2016
Language	ENG- English
Pages	192
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print