Jean M. Jean Marie Auel Libri

Il viaggio di Ayla e Giondalar si è concluso, e il giovane è tornato dal suo popolo, la Nona Caverna degli Zelandoni, che per lunghi anni lo ha atteso. Ma chi è la straniera al suo fianco? Da dove viene? Perché è accompagnata da un lupo e da un cavallo? Ben presto Ayla comprende che il suo futuro dipenderà da ciò che potrà offrire agli Zelandoni: la capacità di accendere il fuoco con le pietre e di «parlare» con gli animali, di maneggiare le armi e di costruire utensili... Nuove sfide attendono Ayla, non meno insidiose di quelle del viaggio: saprà farsi accettare dalla Nona Caverna? E potrà sempre contare su Giondalar?

Jean M. Auel’s enthralling Earth’s Children series has become a literary phenomenon, beloved by readers around the world. In a brilliant novel as vividly authentic and entertaining as those that came before, Jean M. Auel returns us to the earliest days of humankind and to the captivating adventures of the courageous woman called Ayla. With her companion, Jondalar, Ayla sets out on her most dangerous and daring journey—away from the welcoming hearths of the Mammoth Hunters and into the unknown. Their odyssey spans a beautiful but sparsely populated and treacherous continent, the windswept grasslands of Ice Age Europe, casting the pair among strangers. Some will be intrigued by Ayla and Jondalar, with their many innovative skills, including the taming of wild horses and a wolf; others will avoid them, threatened by what they cannot understand; and some will threaten them. But Ayla, with no memory of her own people, and Jondalar, with a hunger to return to his, are impelled by their own deep drives to continue their trek across the spectacular heart of an unmapped world to find that place they can both call home. Fourth in the acclaimed Earth’s Children® series

The second volume of the astonishing Earth’s Children® series—over 34 million copies sold worldwide In The Valley of Horses , Ayla, the unforgettable heroine of The Clan of the Cave Bear , sets out on her own odyssey of discovery away from the nurturing adoptive family and friends of the Clan. She is in search of others like herself and in search of love. Driven by her intelligence, her curiosity, and her destiny, she explores where the Clan never dared to travel and encounters a hostile world of awesome mystery, glacial cold, terrifying beasts, and intense loneliness in which survival itself is a constant battle. Sharing a hidden valley with a herd of steppe horses, Ayla finds a unique friendship with animals as vulnerable as herself and ingeniously discovers the complex skills needed to survive—skills no Clan member was ever able to master. But none of her experiences prepares her for the emotional turmoil she feels when she rescues a young man—the first of the Others she has seen—from almost certain death. Torn between her desire for human companionship and her fear of the unknown Others, she struggles against her deep attraction to the handsome Jondalar. It is Jondalar who teaches her the meaning of true friendship and love. Once again, Jean M. Auel uses her powerful storytelling talents and her thorough understanding of human nature to take us on an amazing journey into the primordial past, re-creating the prehistoric world as it truly might have been in this compelling and timeless new epic of the dawn of civilization.

The Clan of the cave bear is the first of Earth's Children series. Ayla, a tall, blond, blue-eyed girl lost her family in an earthquake. She is nurtured and protected by some members of the Clan, but there are those who would cast her out because of her strange and threatening ways. Ayla's adventures 25,000 years ago include details of the world as it might have been.

Once again, Jean M. Auel opens the door of time to reveal an age of wonder and terror at the dawn of humanity. With all the consummate storytelling artistry and vivid authenticity she brought to The Clan Of The Cave Bear and its sequel, The Valley Of Horses, Jean M. Auel continues the breathtaking epic journey of the woman called Ayla. Now, with her devoted Jondalar, Ayla boldly sets forth into the land of the Mamutoi—the Mammoth Hunters, the Others she has been seeking. Though Ayla must learn their strange customs and language, it is because of her uncanny hunting and healing skills that she is adopted into the Mammoth Hearth. Here Ayla finds her first women friends, and painful memories of the Clan she left behind. Here, too, is Ranec, the dark-skinned, magnetic master carver of ivory tusks to whom Ayla is irresistibly drawn— setting Jondalar on fire with jealousy. Throughout the icy winter, Ayla is torn between her two men. But soon will come the great spring mammoth hunt, when Ayla must choose her mate and her destiny —to remain in the Hearth with Ranec, or to follow Jondalar into a far-off place and an unknown future.

Orphaned Ayla and wandering Jondalar search for a place to call home.

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.

Ayla, the heroine first introduced in The Clan of the Cave Bear, is known and loved by millions of readers. Now, in The Plains of Passage, Ayla’s story continues.Ayla and Jondalar set out on horseback across the windswept grasslands of Ice Age Europe. To the hunter-gatherers of their world--who have never seen tame animals--Ayla and Jondalar appear enigmatic and frightening. The mystery surrounding the woman, who speaks with a strange accent and talks to animals with their own sounds, is heightened by her uncanny control of a large, powerful wolf. The tall, yellow-haired man who rides by her side is also held in awe, not only for the magnificent stallion he commands, but also for his skill as a crafter of stone tools, and for the new weapon he devises, the spear-thrower.In the course of their cross-continental odyssey, Ayla and Jondalar encounter both savage enemies and brave friends. Together they learn that the vast and unknown world can be difficult and treacherous, but breathtakingly beautiful and enlightening as well. All the pain and pleasure bring them closer to their ultimate destination, for the orphaned Ayla and the wandering Jondalar must reach that place on earth they can call home.As sweeping and spectacular as the land she creates, Jean M. Auel’s The Plains of Passage is an astonishing novel of discovery, danger, and love, a triumph for one of the world’s most original and popular authors.

Na své cestě do země Zelandovců jsou Ajla a Jondalar odkázání sami na sebe a pokud se vzácně setkají s jinými lidmi,musejí překonávat jejich nedůvěru a strach.Někteří před jejich vyjimečností dokonce zděšeně prchají ,myslí si,že jsou nadáni tajemnou mocí:přijíždějí na koních a doprovází je a chrání ochočený vlk. O to vzácnější jsou chvíle setkání s Jandalarovými přáteli,Šaramudony a Losadunaji,jejich srdce si brzy získá i Ajla.mnozí je považují za vyvolence Matky Země,protože umějí lépe než ostatní využívat jejich darů.Ajliny a Jonadalarovy znalosti a dovednosti,které vzbuzují až posvátnou úctu,jim mnohokrát zachrání život v boji se živly i s lidskou nenávistí. Toto dílo lásky,dobrodružství a bojů bylo vydáno již v mnoha zemích a našlo si cestu k více než milionů čtenářů. Celé dílo Děti země - se skládá ze čtyř částí:Klan velkého medvěda,Údolí plavých koní,U lovců mamutů a Širé pláně,které pravěkou ságu uzavírá