Imperium: A Fiction of the South Seas – $325
by rgonzalezr
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 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. Christian Kracht’s Imperium uses the outlandish details of Engelhardt’s life […]
Categories: Novela Ficción • Tags: 2015, Farrar Straus & Giroux, Fiction, Imperium, Island, Kracht, Novel, Novela