The rituals themselves bring her close to death, but through them Ayla gains A Gift of Knowledge so important that it will change her world. Auel Crown: 768 pp. But all the time Ayala has spent in training rituals has caused Jondalar to drift away from her. The Land of Painted Caves A Novel Jean M. They are filled with remarkable paintings of mammoths, lions, and bears, and their mystical aura at times overwhelms Ayla. And there are the Sacred Caves that Ayla’s mentor takes her to see. Whatever obstacles she faces, Ayla finds inventive ways to lessen the difficulties of daily life, searching for wild edibles to make meals and experimenting with techniques to ease the long journeys the Zelandonii must take while honing her skills as a healer and a leader. Ayla has been chosen as an acolyte to a spiritual leader and begins arduous training tasks. As the story opens, Ayla, Jondalar, and their infant daughter, Jonayla, are living with the Zelandonii in the Ninth Cave. Auel brings her ice-age epic series, Earth’s Children®, to an extraordinary conclusion. “If they enjoy it, I don’t have any objection.In The Land of Painted Caves, Jean M. Auel said from her home in Portland, Ore. “I don’t care if they read it in e-book or in hardcover,” Ms. Auel (Author) 8,300 ratings Book 6 of 6: Earths Children See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 8.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 35.00 51 Used from 9. She has a Kindle, but has never downloaded an e-book. The Land of Painted Caves: Earths Children, Book Six Mass Market Paperback Illustrated, Nov. Auel, who is 75, barely bothers with the Internet. While many modern authors prepare for the release of their books by madly building a following on Facebook and Twitter, Random House has also reissued her previous five novels in the “Earth’s Children” series in paperback and e-book. In the last year, many anticipated novels have sold as many e-books as print books Auel’s last book, “The Shelters of Stone,” released in 2002. There has been a sea change in publishing since Ms. “What we really had to think about was, what’s the 21st century version of reaching these people?”
Stern, the publisher of Crown and Broadway Books, part of Random House. “The truth is, when you have a brand like Jean Auel, the real challenge is to make sure it reaches the fans who love her so much, and they are legion,” said Molly Tried to contact readers on Scribd, Facebook, Goodreads and Web Instead of building illuminated caves in bookstores, as it once did, the publisher
The print run for the United States was slimmed down to 465,000 copies, in anticipation that many people would instead buy e-books. Auel’s sixth book in the best-selling “Earth’s Children” series, her publisher retooled the usual Auel book has often called for enormous print runs - about one million copies - and elaborate displays in the front of bookstores to draw in readers.īut to prepare for the release on Tuesday of “The Land of Painted Caves,” Ms. Since the 1980s, the publication of a Jean M.
0 kommentar(er)
