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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100609611003
ISBN-139780609611005
eBay Product ID (ePID)2136574
Product Key Features
Book TitlePlains of Passage : a Novel
Number of Pages768 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSagas, Action & Adventure, Alternative History, Historical
Publication Year2001
GenreFiction
AuthorJean M. Auel
Book SeriesEarth's Children Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2.4 in
Item Weight38.6 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"Pure entertainment at its sublime, wholly exhilarating, best... Auel, a superb raconteur, has crafted a consistently engaging adventure story with a solid historical underpinning." -- Los Angeles Times "Thrilling... This magical book is rich in details of all kinds... but it it the depth of the characters' emotional lives... that gives the novel such a stranglehold." -- Cosmopolitan "Gripping." -- Boston Sunday Herald, "Pure entertainment at its sublime, wholly exhilarating, best... Auel, a superb raconteur, has crafted a consistently engaging adventure story with a solid historical underpinning." --Los Angeles Times "Thrilling... This magical book is rich in details of all kinds... but it it the depth of the characters' emotional lives... that gives the novel such a stranglehold." --Cosmopolitan "Gripping." --Boston Sunday Herald From the Paperback edition., "Pure entertainment at its sublime, wholly exhilarating, best... Auel, a superb raconteur, has crafted a consistently engaging adventure story with a solid historical underpinning." -- Los Angeles Times "Thrilling... This magical book is rich in details of all kinds... but it it the depth of the characters' emotional lives... that gives the novel such a stranglehold." -- Cosmopolitan "Gripping." -- Boston Sunday Herald From the Paperback edition.
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Series Volume Number4
Dewey Decimal813.5/4
SynopsisAyla, 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.
I ordered this book to gift as the completion of a 6 volume set. The quality exceeded my expectation.
It was an excellent value on a used hardback book.