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The story of Ayla begins when, as a 5-year-old orphan, she is adopted by the Clan, a group of Neanderthals. Initially she inspires surprise, then wariness and finally acceptance by the Clan. She is cared for by its medicine woman, Iza, and its wise holy man, Creb. But she makes an implacable enemy of the group's future leader, Broud. He will do all he can to destroy her - but Ayla is a survivor.
Jean Auel's imaginative reconstruction of pre-historic life, rich in detail of language, culture, myth and ritual, has become a set text in schools and colleges around the world
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The Clan of the Cave Bear is the start of Jean M Auel's epic Earth's Children series. When her parents are killed by an earthquake, five-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, has 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, Amazon.com--This text refers to the hardcover edition.
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Beautiful, exciting, imaginative (New York Times)
A major bestseller ... a remarkable work of imagination (Daily Express)
Magic (Daily Telegraph)
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- PublisherHodder & Stoughton Ltd
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0340259671
- ISBN 13 9780340259672
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number2
- Number of pages491
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. 491pp. First printed in UK in 1980. Black cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Crease to top of spine. Couple of slight indents on top of front board. Previous owner's name stamp on ffep - Literary Agent, June Hall, former poet and publisher. Tiny paper crease to lower corner of pp433/457. Otherwise tightly bound. Appears hardly read. First book in the author's Earth's Children series based on prehistoric man. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket with black and white lettering. Jacket illustration by Barbara Lofthouse. Now protected in clear archival wraps. Seller Inventory # 011326
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK Printing. Book has light bumping to the edges of the spine. Very good- unclipped DJ has light creasing and small tears here and there. Sticker removal residue to the rear cover. The Clan of the Cave Bear is a rare book - a novel written on a highly original subject by an author who, with her first venture into fiction, shows herself to be at once an outstanding storyteller. The subject is nothing less than what life was like 35,000 years ago - at a time when the earth was still a place of huge glaciers and moving land masses, and mankind evolving slowly as both Neanderthal and Cromagnon Man. ***** Free shipping available to UK buyers. For customers located outside the UK, if the actual cost of shipping your order is lower than the price paid, then a refund of the difference will be issued. Seller Inventory # 5780
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