Inheriting the dusty apartment, the Wells family are left with only one warning: Never go down into the cellar. Jonathan Wells and his young family have come to the Paris flat at 3, rue des Sybarites through the bequest of his eccentric late uncle Edmond. Unique, daring, and unforgettable, it tells the story of an ordinary family who accidentally threaten the security of a hidden civilization as intelligent as our own-a colony of ants determined to survive at any cost. Klappentext Here is the stunning international bestseller in the tradition of Watership Down but with a dark, original twist. Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd ISBN: 9780552141123 Number of pages: 352 Weight: 181 g Dimensions: 178 x 106 x 21 mm You may also be interested in.Zusatztext 'This book! to put the matter quite simply! is a masterpiece.Exhilaratingly thought-provoking.' -The Sunday Times (London) 'A marvel of warped imagination and offbeat suspense.' -British Esquire 'Like Watership Down! to which it will inevitably be compared! Werber's astonishing first novel invites readers into a highly imagined animal world.' -Publishers Weekly (starred review) Informationen zum Autor Bernard Werber is a scientific journalist who has studied ants for fifteen years as an avocation. It takes you inside the ants' universe and reveals it to be a highly organised world, as complex and relentless as human society and even more brutal.

It is an experience that will alter his life for ever.Įmpire of the Ants is an extraordinary achievement. Innocently he enters the world of the ant, whose struggle for existence forces him to reassess man's place in the cycle of nature. But when the family's dog escapes down the cellar steps, Jonathan has little alternative but to follow. On his death, he leaves his apartment to his nephew Jonathan with one proviso: that he must not descend beyond the cellar door.

During the few seconds it takes you to read this sentence, some 700 milli0on ants will be born on earth.Įdmond Wells had studied ants for years: he knew of the power which existed in their hidden world. Since then they have developed one of the most intricate civilizations imaginable - a civilization of great richness and technological brilliance. Ants came to this planet long before man.

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