Imperium (Kracht novel)

Imperium is a 2012 satiric novel by the Swiss writer Christian Kracht. It recounts the story of August Engelhardt, a German who in the early 20th century founded a religious order in German New Guinea based on nudism and a diet consisting solely of coconuts. The fictionalized narrative is an ironic pastiche.

Imperium
First edition cover
AuthorChristian Kracht
TranslatorDaniel Bowles
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman
PublisherKiepenheuer & Witsch
Publication date
16 February 2012
Published in English
July 2015
Pages256
ISBN978-3-462-04131-6

The novel was well received by readers and literature critics alike and in 2012 was awarded the Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize.

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