The Anthill
Published on 5. May 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-571-33149-9 (ISBN)
Description
A dark and unsettling debut novel from one of the most innovative young fiction writers today - a searing and affecting depiction of what redemption can be for a person and for a country in the wake of conflict.
'An engrossing tale of a young woman's return to her roots in the troubled streets of Medellin.' Sunday Times
'A brilliant, feverishly imaginative novel.' Sharlene Teo
'An engrossing tale of a young woman's return to her roots in the troubled streets of Medellin.' Sunday Times
'A brilliant, feverishly imaginative novel.' Sharlene Teo
Reviews / Votes
'Written in prose that disrespects established boundaries to reveal a unique and courageous voice, Julianne Pachico's The Anthill, is the story of two young people searching for identity and belonging. In doing so, and with the lightest of touches, Pachico lays bare the trauma of life in post-peace Columbia.' - Ingrid Persaud, author of Love after Love'A stark look at a traumatized city and the way privilege corrupts.' - Elle
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
268 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-33149-9 (9780571331499)
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Person
Julianne Pachico was born in 1985 in Cambridge and grew up in Cali, Colombia. She is a graduate of both the MA and PhD in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, where she currently teaches on the Creative Writing MA. She is the only writer to have two stories in the 2015 anthology of the Best British Short Stories, and her short fiction has been published by The New Yorker among other publications. In 2017 Pachico was shortlisted for the Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award.