The Clan of the Cave Bear is a novel written by Jean M. Auel. Released in 1980, it is the first book in the Clan of the Cave Bear series and tells of the young human girl Ayla being adopted by Neanderthals.
Characters[]
- Ayla
- Iza
- Creb
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Publisher's Summary[]
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 Mogur, 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.
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See also[]
| Title | Author | Release date | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| She Who Remembers | Linda Lay Shuler | 1988 | A novel set in prehistoric America |
| People of the Wolf | W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear | 1990 | A novel set in prehistoric America |
| Only Human | Gareth Roberts | 2005 | A science fiction novel set in prehistoric England with somewhat similar themes |
| Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child | Terrance Dicks | 1981 | A novella set in prehistory |
| The Forbidden Mountain | Hebe Weenolsen | 1983 | A novel set in prehistoric England |
| The Quest for Fire | J.-H. Rosny | 1911 | A novel with a vaguely similar setting |
| Observation | Ian Farrington | 2004 | A short story set in Prehistoric Africa |
Sources[]
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- Wikipedia