From Publishers Weekly The authenticity of background detail, the lilting prose rhythms and the appealing conceptual audacity that won many fans for The Clan of the Cave Bear and The Valley of the Horses continue to work their spell in this third installment of Auel's projected six-volume Earth's Children saga set in Ice Age Europe. The heroine, 18-year-old Ayla, cursed and pronounced dead by the "flathead" clan that reared her, now takes her chances with the mammoth-hunting Mamutoi, attended by her faithful lover, Jondalar. Gradually overcoming the prejudice aroused by her flathead connection, Ayla wins acceptance into the new clan through her powers as a healer, her shamanistic potential, her skill with spear and slingshot and her way with animals (she rides a horse, domesticates a wolf cub, both "firsts," it would seem, and even rides a lion). She also wins the heart of a bone-carving artist of "sparkling wit" (not much in evidence), which forces her to make a painful choice between the curiously complaisant Jondalar, her first instructor in love's delights, and this more charismatic fellow. The story is lyric rather than dramatic, and Ayla and her lovers are projections of a romantic rather than a historical imagination, but readers caught up in the charm of Auel's story probably won't care. 750,000 first printing; $300,000 ad/promo; paperback rights to Bantam; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club dual main selections; author tour. Foreign rights: Jean Naggar. December 6Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Ayla, the prehistoric heroine of Auel's immensely popular series, meets a new clan, the mammoth hunters, in this eagerly awaited third installment to the saga. During her sojourn with this clan, Ayla and her lover, Jondalar, encounter a variety of crises triggered by Ayla's past and her involvement with another man. Auel has created an amazing and fascinating world. Every aspect of society and culture is accounted for; no detail is too small to be included. To enjoy this novel the reader must accept the author's concepts and cultural descriptions. Despite the sometimes too-modern dialogue and the often fatuous sex, this is a solid tale that will be particularly enjoyed by those who've been following Ayla's fortunes. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club dual main selections. Lydia Burruel, Mesa P.L., Ariz.Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews
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我必须承认,这本书的深度远远超出了我最初的预期。它不仅仅是一部关于生存斗争的故事,更是一部关于人类心智觉醒的史诗。作者似乎非常擅长在看似简单的日常劳作中,挖掘出复杂的人性光芒。比如,他们如何学会合作,如何产生同理心,这些被巧妙地编织进了他们与野兽搏斗的叙事线索中。阅读过程中,我清晰地感受到了那种从纯粹的生物本能向更高级文明意识过渡的挣扎与萌芽。那些关于信仰、关于图腾的描绘,充满了神秘而又令人信服的逻辑,让人相信,正是这些最初的集体想象,才铸就了后世一切文明的基石。这不仅仅是阅读,更像是一次对人类文明前夜的考古挖掘,每一个细节的呈现都显得那么的真实可信,充满了令人敬畏的原始力量。
评分从结构上看,这本书的巧妙之处在于它如何平衡了微观的个人情感与宏观的时代变迁。我感觉自己像是被赋予了一双上帝视角,既能感受到部落首领在重大决策面前的孤独与重压,也能体会到族群中每一个普通成员在寒冬面前的无助与坚韧。情节的起伏不是生硬的断裂,而是如同河流般自然流动,一个事件的结束往往预示着另一个更大挑战的开始,这种层层递进的设计,极大地增强了故事的粘性。我发现自己完全沉浸在那个世界里,为角色的每一次成功欢呼,为他们的每一次失误而扼腕叹息。而且,作者对早期工具制造和生活场景的描绘极为扎实,那种对细节的执着,为整个故事提供了无与伦比的真实感,让读者毫不费力地跨越了数万年的时空鸿沟。
评分这本书带来的震撼是多维度的,它成功地将人类学、历史学与文学叙事完美地融合在一起。我欣赏作者没有采取过度浪漫化的手法来粉饰那个时代,而是直面了生存的残酷和原始的野蛮,但又在这些阴影中,挖掘出了人性中最闪光、最值得歌颂的部分——那种不屈服于命运的勇气和对社群强烈的归属感。不同角色之间的思想碰撞,代表了早期人类社会内部复杂性的初现,非常引人入胜。读完后,我不再仅仅把那些远古祖先看作是生活在洞穴里的“野人”,而是看到了他们作为完整的人,所经历的爱恨情仇与对未来的憧憬。这本书的格局之大,视野之远,让我忍不住想立刻去寻找作者接下来的作品,去探索这个宏大叙事宇宙的更多细节。
评分这本书的文字功底展现出一种近乎古典的韵味,遣词造句的考究程度,让阅读体验提升到了艺术鉴赏的层面。很多段落,我不得不停下来,反复咀嚼那些精妙的比喻和排比,它们绝非为了炫技,而是精准地捕捉了早期人类那种质朴而又充满原始力量的情感。角色的塑造更是立体得令人心惊,他们不是扁平的符号,而是活生生的,带着各自的恐惧、渴望和矛盾。看着他们如何在严酷的环境中挣扎求生,如何建立起最初的社会结构和道德准则,那种历史的厚重感扑面而来。作者对不同部落间微妙的互动,对权力平衡的微妙拿捏,都显示出作者深厚的历史洞察力。尤其是对人与自然关系的描绘,那种既依赖又抗争的复杂情愫,被刻画得入木三分,读来令人感触良多,仿佛能听到风声穿过稀疏的灌木丛,那是属于那个遥远时代的独特回响。
评分这本书的叙事节奏简直让人屏息凝神,作者对于宏大历史背景和个体命运交织的把握能力令人叹为观止。那种史诗般的开阔感,仿佛能透过文字触摸到冰河时代的凛冽寒风,感受到远古先民在绝境中爆发出的惊人韧性与智慧。情节的推进并非那种一蹴而就的线性发展,而是充满了无数次的试探、挫折与柳暗花明的惊喜。我尤其欣赏作者在描绘狩猎场面时的细腻笔触,每一次伏击、每一次追逐,都不仅仅是体力的较量,更是对环境、对猎物习性的深刻洞察的展现。那些关于生存哲学的探讨,潜移默化地融入了角色之间的对话和行动之中,让人在紧张刺激的故事情节之余,也能引发对人类文明起源的深思。高潮部分的处理更是将这种张力推向了极致,感觉心脏都要从嗓子里跳出来,那种对未知的敬畏和对生存的渴望,被描绘得淋漓尽致,让人读完之后久久不能平复。
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