Imperium (Kracht novel)
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| Author | Christian Kracht |
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| Translator | Daniel Bowles |
| Language | German |
| Publisher | Kiepenheuer & Witsch |
Publication date | 16 February 2012 |
| Publication place | Germany |
Published in English | July 2015 |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 978-3-462-04131-6 |
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.
The novel was well received by readers and literature critics alike and in 2012 was awarded the Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize.