![]() ![]() ![]() Wilson manages to combine so many different talents in one person-from close observation to grand theorizing to deep compassion to well-paced, lively writing. The highly respected author and entomologist may be sneaking some science down the throats of self-respecting fiction readers everywhere with the tale of a boy-turned-environmental lawyer who tries to save wildlife, but we hardly mind., It's slightly mysterious how E. Wilson's wondrous and captivating creation., The astute, knowledgeable, amazing structure of Anthill is a masterpiece of craft, a fictional embodiment of the ant., beautifully written coming-of-age novel about a young boy in Alabama. This is War and Peace-among the ants, the land developers, and the environmentalists and preachers. Anthill will remind people of all of his gifts and introduce them to some new ones!, A triumphant epic of life by the world's greatest naturalist. Wilson were actually an ant, he'd be the warrior and the drone and the queen and everyone else too. The reader will have a great time reading it. Wilson had a fine time writing his first novel. ![]() his evocation of their ways is a more powerful tool for raising ecological awareness than any Disneyfication is likely to be., Edward O. The tale within a tale is an astonishing literary achievement nobody but Mr Wilson could have written it, and those who read it will tread lightly in the forest, at least for a while. ![]() One part of Anthill, by the world's leading myrmecologist, demonstrates that in Mr Wilson ants have found not only their Darwin but also their Homer. ![]()
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