num_pages: 495
description: Here is a novel of awesome beauty and power. A moving saga about people, relationships and the boundaries of love. Through Jean Auel's magnificent storytelling, we are taken back to the dawn of mankind and swept up in the wonderful world of a very special heroine, Ayla. Her enthralling story is one we all can share. A natural disaster has left young Ayla alone, wandering, fending for herself in an unfamiliar land. One day, she is discovered by the Clan of the Cave Bear, men and women far different from her own people. The tall, blonde, blue-eyed Ayla is a mysterious stranger to the Clan and at first they mistrust her and cast her out. But as she grows to know them and to learn the ways of the Clan, she is welcomed. And as she leads them in their struggle for survival, the Clan comes to worship Ayla. For in her blood flows the future of humanity.--back cover
language: English
title: The Clan of the Cave Bear
titlecomplete: The Clan of the Cave Bear
characters: Brun, Iza, Broud, Ayla, Mog-Ur
genres: Classics, Adventure, Historical, Fantasy, Adult, Prehistoric, Novels, Romance, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 261504
places: Stone Age
series: Earth's Children 
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: First Novel
publisher: Bantam Books