New Releases by Jean M. Auel

Band 4 der Steinzeit-Saga von Jean M. Auel Im vierten Band des spannenden Zyklus "Die Kinder der Erde" reitet die schöne und kluge Ayla mit ihrem Gefährten Jondalar durch das Tal des Großen Mutter Flusses - Jondalars Heimat entgegen. Große Gefahren sind zu überwinden. Sie begegnen treuen Freunden und erbitterten Gegnern, doch beiden sind sie an Fähigkeiten und Erfindungsreichtum überlegen.

Ayla et Jondalar, son compagnon, poursuivent leur traversée des steppes immenses du continent européen. La femme aux cheveux d''or et le géant blond suscitent le trouble et l''effroi sur leur passage. Les peuples rudes qu''ils rencontrent vivent de la chasse et de la cueillette mais n''ont jamais vu d''animaux domestiques. Or, ce couple étrange se déplace à cheval, en compagnie d''un loup apprivoisé. D''où tient-il donc ces pouvoirs ? En quête d''un lieu qui deviendrait le foyer de leur union, Ayla et Jondalar affrontent les mille périls qui menaçaient nos ancêtres il y a 35 000 ans, entre Lascaux et Néanderthal, et nous font assister à l''éveil de la pensée humaine. " Le Grand Voyage " est la première partie du quatrième tome des " Enfants de la Terre ", où Jean M. Auel, préhistorienne irréprochable et romancière inspirée, nous démontre que, de l''âge du silex à celui de l''atome, les grands sentiments humains n''ont peut-être pas beaucoup changé.

Once again Jean M. Auel opens the door of a time long past to reveal an age of wonder and danger at the dawn of the modern human race. 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. Riding Whinney with Jondalar, the man she loves, and followed by the mare’s colt, Ayla ventures into the land of the Mamutoi--The Mammoth Hunters. She has finally found the Others she has been seeking. Though Ayla must learn their different customs and language, she is adopted because of her remarkable hunting ability, singular healing skills, and uncanny fire-making technique. Bringing back the single pup of a lone wolf she has killed, Ayla shows the way she tames animals. She finds women friends and painful memories of the Clan she left behind, and meets Ranec, the dark-skinned, magnetic master carver of ivory, whom she cannot refuse--inciting Jondalar to a fierce jealousy that he tries to control by avoiding her. Unfamiliar with the ways of the Others, Ayla misunderstands, and thinking Jondalar no longer loves her, she turns more to Ranec. Throughout the icy winter the tension mounts, but warming weather will bring the great mammoth hunt and the mating rituals of the Summer Meeting, when Ayla must choose to remain with Ranec and the Mamutoi, or to follow Jondalar on a long journey into an unknown future.

Unabh. Forts. von: Ayla und der Clan des Bären. - Ayla, als Andere vom Clan des Bären (Neandertaler) verstossen, lebt und überlebt allein im Tal der Pferde (Russland); als sie Jondalan, dem Werkzeugmacher, nach dessen abenteuerlicher Fahrt auf dem grossen Fluss Mutter (Donau) begegnet, beginnt die Geschichte unserer Vorfahren vor 30.000 Jahren.

In this continuing sequel to "Clan of the Cave Bear", Ayla was cruelly tossed out by the Clan members, (mainly Broud). She was told to go find the "Others," and she wanders about trying to find a place to settle in. As she continues her hunting as in the book before, Ayla meets a foal, whom she names Whinney. And interestingly, later a baby cub, who she calls Baby. These are her friends. But Ayla is still very lonely without human companionship. On the other side of the fence is Jondular. He is making a journey, traveling across the Great Mother river. Tragedy strikes however, and he and Ayla will cross paths. Ayla finds Jondular in pain and goes to rescue him.