Plains of Passage
by Jane M Auel | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0553289411 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0553289411 Global Overview for this book
Registered by silver-halcyon of Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 6/19/2003
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
From Amazon.com:
The long-awaited fourth installment of the Earth's Children series is as warm and inviting as its campfire milieu. sure fire bestseller. Auel again describes her characters' travails, a passionate interest of millions of readers, in impeccably researched detail. The continuous recitation of flora and fauna, coupled with flashbacks to events in the previous books, becomes somewhat tiresome, however. (Would that our "memory" were as instinctual as that of the Clan.) The saga continues the cross-continental journey of Ayla, her mate Jondalar and their menagerie to his homeland. En route, they encounter a variety of problems, yet manage to find panaceas for each. Their enlightened compilation of skills, inventions, therapies and recipes transforms the voyagers into spirit-like personas providing The Others with constant awe. A brief encounter with the Neanderthal Clan rekindles the unique charm of the first (and strongest) book. Such locutions as "out of the cooking skin into the coals" or "Mother's path of milk" for the Milky Way are coyly anachronistic. Nonetheless, this volume is as welcome as letters from a long-lost friend.
The long-awaited fourth installment of the Earth's Children series is as warm and inviting as its campfire milieu. sure fire bestseller. Auel again describes her characters' travails, a passionate interest of millions of readers, in impeccably researched detail. The continuous recitation of flora and fauna, coupled with flashbacks to events in the previous books, becomes somewhat tiresome, however. (Would that our "memory" were as instinctual as that of the Clan.) The saga continues the cross-continental journey of Ayla, her mate Jondalar and their menagerie to his homeland. En route, they encounter a variety of problems, yet manage to find panaceas for each. Their enlightened compilation of skills, inventions, therapies and recipes transforms the voyagers into spirit-like personas providing The Others with constant awe. A brief encounter with the Neanderthal Clan rekindles the unique charm of the first (and strongest) book. Such locutions as "out of the cooking skin into the coals" or "Mother's path of milk" for the Milky Way are coyly anachronistic. Nonetheless, this volume is as welcome as letters from a long-lost friend.
Journal Entry 2 by silver-halcyon at -- Controlled Release in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on Wednesday, July 2, 2003
Release planned for Thursday, July 03, 2003 at Another BookCrossing Member in Ottawa, Ontario Canada.
Sending off to Krissa as a trade! Enjoy! :)
Sending off to Krissa as a trade! Enjoy! :)
Received today from silver-halcyon in Ottawa! Thank-you :D
I tried so hard to get into these books after hearing so many good things about them, but just couldn't. Now I'm passing it on to someone else who will hopefully enjoy it. :)
Journal Entry 5 by krissa at Calgary Co-op - Richmond Road in Calgary, Alberta Canada on Sunday, February 8, 2004
Released on Sunday, February 08, 2004 at Richmond Road Co-op Book Exchange in Calgary, Alberta Canada.
leaving on the book exchange shelf at about 11:00 this morning.
leaving on the book exchange shelf at about 11:00 this morning.