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The Clan of the Cave Bear

by Jean M. Auel

The Clan of the Cave Bear Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

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.

Review:

"Imaginative, exciting."

--The New York Times Book Review

"Jean Auel has performed a minor miracle."

--San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author

Jean M. Auel's Earth’s Children series includes The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Valley of

Horses, The Mammoth Hunters, The Plains of Passage and the forthcoming The Shelters of

Stone. She and her husband, Ray, live in Oregon, where she is working on the sixth volume of the

series.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780553381672
Author:
Auel, Jean M.
Publisher:
Bantam
Location:
New York
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
Europe
Subject:
Historical fiction
Subject:
Prehistoric peoples
Subject:
Glacial epoch
Subject:
Ayla
Subject:
Epic fiction
Edition Description:
Bantam Trade
Series Volume:
01-5548
Publication Date:
June 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
480
Dimensions:
9.18x6.10x1.02 in. 1.01 lbs.

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