THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES concludes the story of Ayla, her mate Jondalar, and their little daughter, Jonayla, taking readers on a journey of discovery and adventure as Ayla struggles to find a balance between her duties as a new mother and her training to become a Zelandoni – one of the Ninth Cave community’s spiritual leaders and healers.
Once again, Jean Auel combines her brilliant narrative skills and appealing characters with a remarkable re-creation of the way life was lived thousands of years ago, rendering the terrain, dwelling places, longings, beliefs, creativity and daily lives of Ice Age Europeans as real to the reader as today’s news.
Once again, Jean Auel combines her brilliant narrative skills and appealing characters with a remarkable re-creation of the way life was lived thousands of years ago, rendering the terrain, dwelling places, longings, beliefs, creativity and daily lives of Ice Age Europeans as real to the reader as today’s news.
Reviews
A rewarding read. A brilliant work of imagination
‘What probably best explains Auel’s immense popularity, is the fact that she has created a heroine women can fantasise about being, while at the same time identifying with her.’
Historical accuracy and an entertaining approach.
Massive in scope
Queen of the Stone Age
Meticulously researched . . . fascinating . . . course-by-course menus for Upper Paleolithic blow-outs . . . that Joanne Harris might envy. Jean Auel is as remarkable a figure as J R R Tolkien.
Jean M. Auel has meticulously researched her subject and this latest book should continue the huge success of the series.
Impeccable research makes this much more than a fantasy reconstruction of prehistoric life.
Literary authors should probably bottle whatever it is she's got.
Praise for THE SHELTERS OF STONE:
'Jean Auel's greatest achievement is to have created a plausible primeval community where men and women love and sometimes hate, and learn to survive in a harsh environment that demands rules and co-operation.'
