The Anthill

Wherever you are, I will find you.
No matter how far ahead into the future.
No matter how far back into the past.

Lina returns to Colombia after twenty years away. Sent to England after her mother's death when she was eight, she's searching for the person who can tell her what's happened in the time that has passed. Matty –Lina's childhood confidant, her best friend – now runs a refuge called The Anthill for the street kids of Medellín. But her long-anticipated reunion with him is struck by tension. Memory is fallible, and Lina discovers that everyone has a version of the past that is very, very different.

A propulsive, vibrant literary tour de force, The Anthill explores what we choose to do with inherited and self-created identity. It's a searing and affecting depiction of what redemption can be – for a person and for a country – in the wake of trauma.

‘Brilliant and feverishly imaginative, The Anthill is a must-read for anyone who has ever missed someone or felt out of place.’

–Sharlene Teo, author of PONTI