Anthill: A Novel

Anthill: A Novel
Cover of the first edition
AuthorE. O. Wilson
LanguageEnglish
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
Publication date
2010
Media typePrint
Pages378 pp.
ISBN9780393071191

Anthill: A Novel is a 2010 novel by the biologist Edward O. Wilson. His first extended work of fiction, it won the Chicago Tribune's Heartland Prize for fiction.[1]

Anthill, set in the US state of Alabama, follows protagonist Raff Semmes, who sets out to save the Nokobee wilderness from developers. The novel explores a concurrent civil war between rival ant colonies struggling to dominate the riverine wilderness.[2]

  1. ^ "Anthill: A Novel". W.W. Norton. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  2. ^ Wade, Nicholas (April 19, 2010). "A Similar Terrain for Ants and Men". The New York Times.