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Loading... The Clan of the Cave Bear (1980)by Jean M. Auel
Great book, the author created a very believable atmosphere of life with cave men for a human and I think it was a great book! (  ) wali5905 | May 16, 2013 |  I read all of these in high school. An older friend of mine gave them to me, and I thought they were completely fascinating because the characters were having sex all of the time. Valley of the Horses is straight up porn! I'm sure if she ever finishes the next one I'll read it all the same. :) I would call these books "guilty pleasures", they're the kind of book I wouldn't read on the train without a book cover. Heh. (  ) Ameliapei | Apr 18, 2013 | Read this a long time ago. I remember racing through it. I am very interested in archeology and anthropology and that part of it I found fascinating. (  ) shesinplainview | Apr 13, 2013 | Breathaking in scope, I couldn't put this one down. Demands a reread when I get time. Too bad the rest of the series is crap. ( ) srboone | Apr 5, 2013 | around 4.5 stars, i guess. i probably really shouldn't write this review right now because i just finished the book a few minutes ago and i'm a little staggered by the very end. it's a little hard for me to review anyway, but here we go. cons first. it's well written but nothing exceptional. it's a little predictable (even the ending that made me angry was foretold halfway through, if not before) and there is so much obvious foreshadowing and "writing tricks" that aren't tricky at all. the characters are a little too perfect in their goodness or evil; they aren't flawed (or they're only flawed) and aren't layered at all. pros. somehow this book, in spite of those cons (which i consider pretty major), is wonderful. i could not put it down, and when i was forced to, i couldn't stop thinking about it. i dreamt about it every night, woke thinking about it every morning, wanted to bring it on my "date night." i was so into this. obviously i love a strong, amazing female protagonist, but it was so much more than that. reading this, you're just so ... there. she really puts you there and the place she's putting you is the origin story of the human race, which is somehow just utterly enthralling. it's a good thing i liked this so much because i have like 5,000 pages to go in the series... (  ) elisa.saphier | Apr 2, 2013 | no reviews | add a review Is contained inThe Clan of the Cave Bear, The Valley of the Horses - two novels in one volume by Jean M. Auel Earth's Children 1-3 (The Clan of the Cave Bear; The valley of horses; The mammoth hunters) by Jean M. Auel Jean M. Auel's the Earth's Children: The Clan of the Cave Bear, the Valley of Horses, the Mammoth Hunters, the Plains of Passage Earth's Children #1-4 by Jean M. Auel Earth's Children 1-5 (The Clan of the Cave Bear; The valley of horses; The mammoth hunters; The plains of passage; The shelters of stone) by Jean M. Auel Has as a study
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0553381679, Paperback)When her parents are killed by an earthquake, 5-year-old Ayla wanders through the forest completely alone. Cold, hungry, and badly injured by a cave lion, the little girl is as good as gone until she is discovered by a group who call themselves the Clan of the Cave Bear. This clan, left homeless by the same disaster, have little interest in the helpless girl who comes from the tribe they refer to as the "Others." Only their medicine woman sees in Ayla a fellow human, worthy of care. She painstakingly nurses her back to health--a decision that will forever alter the physical and emotional structure of the clan. Although this story takes place roughly 35,000 years ago, its cast of characters could easily slide into any modern tale. The members of the Neanderthal clan, ruled by traditions and taboos, find themselves challenged by this outsider, who represents the physically modern Cro-Magnons. And as Ayla begins to grow and mature, her natural tendencies emerge, putting her in the middle of a brutal and dangerous power struggle.Although Jean Auel obviously takes certain liberties with the actions and motivations of all our ancestors, her extensive research into the Ice Age does shine through--especially in the detailed knowledge of plants and natural remedies used by the medicine woman and passed down to Ayla. Mostly, though, this first in the series of four is a wonderful story of survival. Ayla's personal evolution is a compelling and relevant tale. --Sara Nickerson (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:31:31 -0500) Twenty years ago The Clan of the Cave Bear became a blockbuster, launching a bestselling saga. Beginning April 30, 2002, its success will reach all - new heights, with Crown's hardcover publication of the fifth volume in the story, The Shelters of Stone. The new hardcover, paired with Bantam's spring mass market repackaging and repromotion effort, will ensure that a whole new generation is introduced to this incredible epic. Summer delivers trade paperback editions of this contemporary classic, available for the first time ever. That means that all readers - and all booksellers - can get the novels in their format of choice. With momentum for these epics at its highest in over a decade, readers will yearn to discover the magic of Ayla's saga, or to refresh their memory of it. And one woman's odyssey, beginning at the dawn of time, will once again capture the imagination of millions. This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love. Through Jean M. Auel's magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves the Clan of the Cave Bear. A natural disaster leaves the young girl wandering alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous land until she is found by a woman of the Clan, people very different from her own kind. To them, blond, blue-eyed Ayla looks peculiar and ugly - she is one of the Others, those who have moved into their ancient homeland; but Iza cannot leave the girl to die and takes her with them. Iza and Creb, the old Mog-ur, grow to love her, and as Ayla learns the ways of the Clan and Iza's way of healing, most come to accept her. But the brutal and proud youth who is destined to become their next leader sees her differences as a threat to his authority. He develops a deep and abiding hatred for the strange girl of the Others who lives in their midst, and is determined to get his revenge.… (more) |
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