num_pages: 800
description: An all-absorbing journey into man's possible past. Jean M. Auel, a storytelling genius, weaves a compellingly readable saga of human survival; an epic that transcends time and place. It is peopled with rich and complex characters who experience the full range of human emotions. All this makes for total involvement and believability in the light of today. A novel for all time.
language: English
title: The Clan of the Cave Bear
titlecomplete: The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
characters: Ayla, Iza, Brun, Mog-Ur, Broud
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Prehistoric, Romance, Adult, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 261508
places: Stone Age
series: Earth's Children 
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: First Novel
publisher: Random House Large Print