Daughter of the Red Deer

by Joan Wolf

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Filled with the lyrical beauty of a now-vanished world, this magnificent novel unfolds during the last great ice age, amid the mist-shrouded mountains of the Pyrenees in prehistoric France. When tainted spring water fatally poisons the women of the tribe of the Horse, the clan's young men set forth to kidnap new women from the matriarchal tribe of the Red Deer—a quest that must succeed or their people will die out. Golden-haired Mar, the leader of the young men, falls in love with the show more beautiful Alin, daughter of the Red Deer priestess. And though they are born to embrace different traditions, raised to worship different gods, Mar will fight to claim this strangely powerful woman as his own. Against a lush backdrop of ancient magic, mammoth hunts, and secret rites, this mesmerizing novel brings to life the ritual and adventure of a primeval world and tells a timeless tale of conflict between two societies...two beliefs...two sexes...and two people.

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A guilty pleasure of mine. Set in prehistoric times, two different tribes come in contact but both grow stronger by the exposure to new and differing cultures.

The book could be a pulp romance, but it rises above that. If you've ever read any Jean Auel, you'll find this much better (and shorter!). A good read.
En la tribu del Ciervo Rojo todo iba perfectamente, Alin la hija de la jefa de la tribu estaba preparada para cuando su madre le cediera el poder a ella. Sin embargo, ocurrió algo que cambió su vida. Cuando participaba en una partida de caza, unos hombres aparecieron de la nada, y raptaron a todas las mujeres jóvenes de la tribu. Mar, hijo del anterior jefe de la tribu, sabe que su tribu necesita urgentemente una salida a la dificil situación en la que están: ¡Apenas quedan mujeres! Así que viaja lejos de lo que conoce, a tierras extrañas, con algunos hombres para solucionar dicho problema. Consituye una extraordinaria epopeya ambientada en los tiempos prehistóricos. Con imaginación y rigor, la autora recrea las costumbres y show more los misterios del mundo primitivo al tiempo que describe los conflictos entre dos maneras de entender la vida y el mundo. En los brumosos Pirineos del último período glaciar, la mayoría de las mujeres de la tribu del Caballo muere tras beber agua envenenada. Los jóvenes deciden raptar mujeres del clan matriarcal del Ciervo Rojo, pero el éxito de esta incursión acarrea problemas inesperados: los mayores también quieren participar del peculiar botín y las mujeres se resisten al dominio de los hombres. Se entabla un duro enfrentamiento entre generaciones y sexos, a lo largo del cual se manifiestan las eternas pulsiones básicas del ser humano y su denodada lucha por satisfacer necesidades y deseos en un medio hostil. Como telón de fondo, el retrato veraz de una época vibrante y de los singulares valores, creencias y esperanzas de aquellos primeros habitantes del planeta... Una novela tan amena como portentosa, tan entrañablemente humana como de exquisito estilo literario. show less
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Brandstetter, Johann (Cover artist)
Franke, Charlotte (Translator)

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Canonical title
Daughter of the Red Deer
Original title
Daughter of the Red Deer
Original publication date
1991
People/Characters
Alin; Jes; Elen; Sana; Dara; Fali (show all 38); Iva; Bina; Mora; Mada; Lian; Elena; Thora; Zena; Ina; Nel; Ona; Lina; Rina; Altin; Iver; Mar; Thane; Saur; Tod; ZZel; Rom; Huth; Bror; Melior; Dale; Cort; Arn; Eoto; Heno; Fin; Gal; Pol
Dedication
For my brown-eyed children
Jay and Pam
First words
The hunters burst silently out of the trees and ran along the narrow trail that led beside the shore of the small mountain spring.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"She will have a mother who can do that."
Original language*
Amerikanisch
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Genres
Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3573 .O486 .D3Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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