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Loading... The Clan of the Cave Bear: Earth's Children, Book One (original 1980; edition 1983)by Jean M. Auel (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I think I've read this one about six times between my 12th and my 18th birthday. This book (together with [a:Thea Beckman|491820|Thea Beckman|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1233870609p2/491820.jpg]'s [b:Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek|3114666|Kruistocht in spijkerbroek|Thea Beckman|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1206654386s/3114666.jpg|959221]) fueled my love for history. ( ) While I enjoyed The Clan of the Cave Bear, I wish it weren't so obviously the first book in a series, as it ends abruptly (albeit exactly where it must) with the clear intention of continuing in additional novels which likely won't find their way onto my reading list. I admire Jean M. Auel's world-building and vision for her saga of the Clan and the Others, the competing species of prehistoric man struggling for survival on the Crimean Peninsula. Steeped in mythology and superstition, the Clan lack the cognitive power to comprehend the natural world. While they see sex as a natural part of life, they do not grasp its connection to reproduction. They are unable to count beyond three and cannot generalize (for example, they lack a word for tree, despite having words for elm and birch and other varieties found in their environment). Conversely, Others have the cognitive skills lacking in the Clan, which supplement their lesser physical strength. The heroine of the novel, Ayla, is an Other cast into the world of the Clan at the age of five by an earthquake which wipes out her family and all the people she lives with. Ayla can be seen as a feminist archetype, caught between the patriarchal traditions of the Clan and her innate abilities and desires which drive her to participate in activities restricted to men. Ayla's struggle to suppress her superior skills in accordance with Clan traditions, and the Clan's inability to accept her as she is, continually threaten both her inclusion as part of the Clan and her survival. The Clan of the Cave Bear is a conceptually interesting book. Occasionally, words spoken or thought by the primitive characters noticeably exceed their intellectual abilities, but the overall storytelling yields an entertaining—if incomplete—read. El clan del oso cavernario Jean M. Auel Publicado: 1980 | 528 páginas Novela Aventuras Histórico Serie: Los hijos de la tierra #1 En la última fase de la Era Glacial, cuando Neandertales y Cromañones compartían la tierra, Ayla, una niña Cromañón de 5 años, queda aislada de su tribu por culpa de un terremoto y es acogida por un grupo de Neandertales. Valiente e indomable la joven al principio inspira sorpresa, luego cautela y, por fin, es aceptada por parte del Clan. Iza, la curandera y Creb, el Hombre Santo, cuidan de ella. Ayla se interesa por las cacerías y los preparativos de las armas, algo que está prohibido a las mujeres y que ella, no obstante, domina con maestría. no reviews | add a review
Is contained inEarth'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 ContainsHas the adaptationHas as a studyHas as a student's study guideAwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
Ayla, a tall, blond, blue-eyed girl lost her family in an earthquake. She is nurtured and protected by some members of the Clan, but there are those who would cast her out because of her strange and threatening ways. Ayla's adventures 25,000 years ago include details of the world as it might have been. No library descriptions found. |
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