The Mammoth Hunters

Auel, Jean M.

ISBN 10: 0340349344 / ISBN 13: 9780340349342

Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1985

About this Item

This book is in very good condition and appears unread. The author has signed on the title page. The dust jacket is in very good condition, is not price clipped and is in new Brodart. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 014923

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Mammoth Hunters
• Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, London
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340349344
• ISBN 13: 9780340349342
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Collectible-Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed
• Book Type: Speculative Fiction
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed
  • Fantasy
  • Folklore

About this title

Synopsis

Leaving the valley of horses with Jondalar, the handsome man she has nursed back to health and come to love, Ayla embarks on a journey that will lead her to the Mamutoi; the Mammoth Hunters. But as she settles into this new life among a people at first strange and disturbingly different, Ayla finds herself irresistibly drawn to Ranec, their master-carver. Ultimately, she is compelled to make a fateful choice between the two men. Jean Auel's imaginative reconstruction of pre-historic life, rich in detail of language, culture, myth and ritual, has become a set text in schools and colleges around the world.

From the Publisher

Once again, Jean M. Auel opens the door of time to reveal an age of wonder and terror at the dawn of humanity. 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. Now, with her devoted Jondalar, Ayla boldly sets forth into the land of the Mamutoi--the Mammoth Hunters, the Others she has been seeking. Though Ayla must learn their strange customs and language, it is because of her uncanny hunting and healing skills that she is adopted into the Mammoth Hearth. Here Ayla finds her first women friends, and painful memories of the Clan she left behind. Here, too, is Ranec, the dark-skinned, magnetic master carver of ivory tusks to whom Ayla is irresistibly drawn--setting Jondalar on fire with jealousy. Throughout the icy winter, Ayla is torn between her two men. But soon will come the great spring mammoth hunt, when Ayla must choose her mate and her destiny -- to remain in the Hearth with Ranec, or to follow Jondalar into a far-off place and an unknown future.