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    La tierra de las cuevas pintadas: (LOS HIJOS DE LA TIERRA® 6)

    By Jean Marie Auel

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    Traducida a 35 idiomas, LOS HIJOS DE LA TIERRA® es una de las series más conocidas y de más éxito de la historia del mundo editorial. Sus ventas suman por el momento más de 45 millones de ejemplares, 3 de ellos sólo en España y América Latina.Jean M. Auel combina sus brillantes dotes narrativas y unos personajes atractivos con una sorprendente recreación de la manera de vivir de hace miles de años, plasmando el terreno y convirtiendo los lugares, los deseos, las creencias, la creatividad y la vida cotidiana de los europeos de la Era Glacial en algo muy real para el lector de hoy en día.Hace ya muchos años que Ayla, la niña cromañón, fue expulsada del Clan del Oso Cavernario y que inició su largo viaje por todo el continente europeo. Finalmente, en este libro, La tierra de las cuevas pintadas, se ha establecido en la cueva de donde procede su compañero Jondalar, con quien ha tenido una muy deseada hija llamada Jonayla.La joven lucha por encontrar un equilibrio entre sus nuevas obligaciones como madre y su preparación para convertirse en líder espiritual y en curandera. Durante su formación queda muy impactada al contemplar las maravillosas pinturas que se encuentran en algunas cuevas y le ayudan a sentirse especialmente cercana a la Madre Tierra.
    LanguageEspañol
    PublisherMaeva Ediciones
    Release dateMar 19, 2011
    ISBN9788415120216
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    La tierra de las cuevas pintadas: (LOS HIJOS DE LA TIERRA® 6)
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    Jean Marie Auel

    Jean Marie Auel (Chicago, 1936), se casó a los 18 años y a los 25 ya había tenido cinco hijos. En 1964 se unió a la prestigiosa organización Mensa, que agrupa a personas con un elevado coeficiente intelectual.Después de asistir a clases nocturnas de álgebra, física y electrónica, estudió en la Portland State University y en la University of Portland y en 1976 obtuvo su MBA. También ha recibido títulos honoríficos de la University of Maine y del Mount Vernon College. Una noche de 1977 comenzó a darle vueltas a una historia sobre una mujer que vivía durante la Edad de Hielo con otros humanos que eran diferentes y menos evolucionados. Su gran curiosidad la llevó a pasar meses en bibliotecas, a realizar cursos de supervivencia en los que aprendió los métodos de nuestros antepasados y a viajar por el este y oeste de Europa. En un estallido de energía creativa escribió el primer borrador de la serie completa en sólo cuatro meses.Sus exhaustivas lecturas de las obras más prestigiosas sobre la Prehistoria, además de sus múltiples y constantes contactos con los más relevantes especilistas en esta materia, han permitido a la autora convertirse en una gran conocedora de las formas de vida y de la evolución étmica y cultural de aquellas sociedades primitivas.Hoy día es una de las autoras más conocidas en todo el mundo y apreciada por lectores de todas las edades. La serie LOS HIJOS DE LA TIERRA®, de Jean M.Auel, ambientada en la Europa prehistórica, explora la posible relación entre los hombres de Cromañón y los de Neandertal. Las novelas han sido aclamadas por su inconfundible manera de narrar, por su meticulosidad en los detalles y por su rigurosidad histórica.www.loshijosdelatierra.com

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    • 3/5
      Land of the Cave Bear series. In all the other books Ayla was "special" but once she and Jondalar return to his people they don't see her as "special". Much of the writing seemed to be cut and paste from previous volumes, as if Jean Auel had very little or nothing left to say. Disappointed.The series ends with a "whimper"!
    • 1/5
      'The Land of the Painted Caves' disappointed me. I re-read the first five novels of the Earth's Children(r) series in anticipation of Jean Auel's most recent book. All five were as enjoyable as the first time I read them.Unfortunately, her latest novel lacked a story line and a freshness that each of the other five exhibited.
    • 1/5
      Two weeks of my life I will never get back. I swear - what is up with all the 700 page books with absolutely zero plot? I was so excited about this book - I read Clan of the Cave Bear in high school and re-read the first three books in the series multiple times. The fourth book wasn't as good, but I still enjoyed it. I didn't really like the fifth. However, since I've given Laurell Hamilton 500 million chances, I thought I'd show Jean Auel the same courtesy with her sixth and final book in the Earth's Children series.I should have just read the Goodreads reviews for a plot summary. Actually, I should have just read the title of the book -- The Land of Painted Caves.In this doorstop, Ayla and Ms. Zelandonii visit a lot of caves and examine in great detail (some detail lasting for five pages) all the drawings in the caves. That's pretty much it. Oh and Ayla "discovers" that men play a role in childbearing. That was it. For 700 pages. Caves and sperm...excuse me...Essence.Honestly, if I knew Ayla in real life, I'd probably want to smack her. She's flawlessly beautiful and fluent in every language and gifted with animals and a fabulous mother/daughter in law and an accomplished healer and a fantastic spiritual leader and a human lie detector test and wonderful in bed. Give me at least one tiny flaw -- bad breath, a disorganized cave, a catty moment amongst friends. No one is that perfect.
    • 4/5
      As always the author did fine job with the research side of the story. But I became a little bored with the caves and the long greetings. This is the last novel and some things were told about past people which was nice. I would love to see more novels with the other characters the author developed. It would be nice to know what happened with characters that Ayla and Jon met on their journey.
    • 2/5
      I didn't finish this book. There was no plot and so much detail about the most mundane tasks. I loved the other books and was really disappointed that this one wasn't as good.
    • 5/5
      I loved all of the books in this series. So well written and so well researched. There was a lot for me to discover her, even in "middle age". I know it's overused, but this series is truly classic. 
    • 3/5
      I was very excited when I won this book from Goodreads. Since the giveaway was on the same day the book was published/sold, I was expecting a regular copy of the book. I was a little bit disappointed to get an advance readers copy. I read it anyway though, because I was looking forward to the conclusion of the story.

      I was very disappointed with The Shelters of Stone, and this book was only slightly better. It felt very repetitious, and I felt it could have been half as long and told the same story.
    • 1/5
      This was really tedious with all the repetitions both within and from previous books. I don't mind detail of world building and everyday life; I like that in this series overall, but nobody needs to be told events that happened previously again and again. An editor should have cut a lot of this.
    • 3/5
      I am happy to see the end of this series. I loved, absolutely adored, the first three books but as the series got further along the books stayed way too long and full of repetition and excess educational information. This last book talked heavily about sacred caves and was, in my opinion, pretty boring. There were some decent parts that made me happy to finish but overall it was not an exceptional read.
    • 4/5
      THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES With thirty years in the making, this series ends with a quiet dignity. There is no one huge reveal; nothing terribly unexpected to fans, but many smaller reveals. These are the type that the lovers of this series have come know and to expect. As usual we have the wonderful narrative, albeit, somewhat repetitive as with the other books. This is neither the heart shattering conclusion I had somewhat expected, nor does it really tie anything up in a neat little bow. It simply –IS.MAY CONTAIN VERY, VERY SLIGHT SPOILERS OR HINTS OF WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT The Good---this MAY be read as a standalone. While others may think it is not, I do believe that while you will most definitely WANT to read the other novels, you don’t HAVE to, to enjoy this one. Ms Auel gives enough back-story to answer most of your questions. We learn how Ayla is left clanless as well as brief explanations on just what her “clan” was all about> We find out how she lost her original family to an earthquake, how she found and trained the animals and how she met Jondular and came to travel with him. Ayla’s life from the time she was 5 till now is all re-capped in this novel. Your curiosity will be piqued enough by this book to go back and read the others though, especially the very first one “Clan of the Cave Bear” (or you can even watch the movie, but with a lesser impact). The Bad ---Ms Auel makes the same mistake with this novel as she has done in the past and becomes overly fond of repetition. In addition, if something is described once, then it will be described at least five, six, or more times during the duration of the novel, and sometimes the very same chapter. Moreover, at 756 ARC pages, by the time you get half way it becomes a distraction. At times, I found myself sometimes skimming certain pages just to get to something new.The Summary--- Ayla is still in training as an Acolyte to the One that is First Among Those Who Serve (Zelandonii). Ayla, her daughter Jonayla, and Jondular are taking First, on a sort of quest called the Donier Tour to further Ayla’s requirements to become a full Spiritual Leader for the Ninth Cave. On this tour, they view many of their most sacred places, which are painted caves and that is how the title comes to be. There is much interaction throughout this novel with various caves and people along the way. Several Summer Meeting will take place and we even get to see some old friends from past books. About five years or so will pass with a blink of any eye, it seems, and Ayla’s daughter Jonayla grows from an infant into a wonderful child and then we are off on a tour (one of many). From one painted cave to another, and another and another etc. We seem to be seeing the same things in all the caves and while interesting, the repetition can become a bid tedious for those of us who are looking for a bit more action like was found in some of the previous books. I was surprised to see very little growth of the characters from what they were in the past novels. At least until the very last part of the book, when what can be considered the largest of the reveals comes to light. At about 403 pages and there still is no device being used that pushes the 6 book story to a conclusion. In fact, the novel never really concludes. There is no definitive ending. Which makes me wonder if there will be further Earth’s Children books but with Jonayla as the protagonist instead of Jondular and Ayla.Interestingly enough, I do see an interesting twist with Ayla and Jondular being perhaps, one of the very first couples where the wife ‘works’ outside the home with separate responsibilities that are not just about taking care of her man and child. I see Jondular chaffing a bit when Ayla has something she needs to do for the Zelandonii and he cannot come with her. Moreover, we soon find this to unfortunately, be very true. I found this to be a fascinating bit of by-play for this time period and love how Ms Auel gives them a bit of a “modern” twist in the midst of the Ice Age.
    • 2/5
      After the last book in the series I promised I wouldn't read another one. I'm kicking myself for breaking my promise. I thought with the length of time between the last one and this one Jean might have had time to do something unique. I was wrong!! Ayla has achieved super woman status as she's progressed from outcast, hunter, leader, adventurer, medicine woman, sex guru, horse whisperer, inventor extraordinaire, mistress master of the junior high love triangle, and finally in this novel spiritualist mystic earth mother and overdose survivor. Characters are weak and story is forced blah. The most exciting thing reading this one was about halfway through I fell asleep and dreamed about Ayla getting mauled by a cave bear!
    • 1/5
      The Not so Good Stuff * The repetition in this book is unlike any book I have ever read before. On many occasions I actually felt like throwing the book across the room in frustration -- but I could have hurt something since the book is so feckin thick (I received the large print edition -- hmm think someone is trying to tell me something) You could have cut almost 400 pages out of the book and there still would be way to much repetition * I never want to hear about someone describing a cave again, and at the beginning I thought that bit was interesting -- but after the 15th cave -- I'm set for life * That mother song written in its entirety over 5 times -- hello I get it - once would have been fine. I will be singing the song in my sleep tonight & which might be a change from the Go Diego Go theme song * Laughable dialogue and plot points. So Jondalar is the first modern daddy who likes to take care of his daughter while mommy goes to work and does drugs. Ayla suffers from a sort of post postpartum depression after losing her baby and tries to kill herself, but gets over it way too quickly -- which is an insult to anyone who has ever suffered from it -- trust me on this point. Ayla can solve every problem, she is little miss perfect and guess what she can talk to animals too. * Ayla has an accent -- yup got that - you didn't have to mention that so many times (hmm get the repetition comment now) * The constant long winded introductions that they go through every time they meet someone new * Hmm, now I am repeating myself. The constant repetition of stories from the previous books * Ok I know this is getting picky but expected Ayla to somehow connect with her first born again * The book honestly really didn't tell us anything new or give us any closer about anything * I liken my experience of reading this to the dismay of seeing the travesty that was The Phantom Menace after loving the original Star Wars series so much - A total disappointment * All of a sudden the story jumps into an explanation of the ice age & it just comes across as a lecture and distracts from the story * Enough with the bodily functions -- NO ONE wants to read shit and piss (and by the way -- it is written about on many occasions -- yup repetitive again)Favorite Quotes/Passages"She knew that Jondalar was only appreciating; he had no desire to do more than look" (yup that is exactly how I feel about all the attractive men in this world)What I Learned * Some interesting THEORIES about the origin of the species * Might have to change my thought that I will never give a book a DNF rating - and I am a stubborn one, unless there is abuse to a child or an animal, I usually can finish a book no matter how bad it isWho should/shouldn't read * Die hard fans who loved ALL of the books in the series might find something to like * Fans of Painted Caves -- this is your book! * Also highly recommended for insomnia1 Dewey'sNotes from Joan and Ted * The most boring and awful ending to a book I have ever read * I understand that the Zeladoni is a fat old chick there is no need to repeat it so often * I loved the rest of the series and have bought this book to complete my collection, but I will probably never read it again * This was like the ramblings of an old women who is prone to repeating herself * Feckin (yup Joan is the reason I use Feckin all the time, but she says it so much better with her wonderful Irish accent) painted caves * Ted Hated it and kept falling asleep while reading it and he loved the series tooI received this from Random House in exchange for an honest review -- sorry guys I feel like I should apologize for my review, but had to be honest.
    • 3/5
      Sadly disappointing for something so long-awaited. Lots of info-dumps (as in previous books), far too many painted caves, rather like the travelling sequences in The Plains of Passage. The conflict between Ayla and Jondalar is treated in something of a cursory fashion towards the end, done as a repetition of some events we've seen before.

      I would have liked to see some Clan encounters in this last book, and much more actual plot. But at least we have now got to the end and needn't anticipate any more!
    • 2/5
      The good news is that you don't need to re-read any of the previous books before you tackle The Land of the Painted Caves - Auel doesn't refer back to anything without giving a bit of a summary of what happened before. Unfortunately it feels like she's doing the same thing chapter to chapter as well and, despite mentions of the countless stories and songs of the Zelandonii, she only included one song: the Mother's song from previous books can't ever be just mentioned, it can only be recited in it's entirety interspersed with character reactions! (She puts it in 5 or 6 times - sometimes there's a bit of it, it stops and you think you're safe, then it starts up again a few pages later!)Auel's descriptions are better than her conversations and interpersonal relations, the book is too long for the amount of plot, and many of the character's just need a good slapping to wake up to themselves. However, don't let me stop you reading it! I had to finish the series after reading it for more than 20 years.If you've read Shelters of Stone, you should be going into this book with your eyes open anyway. (If you read Shelters and saw nothing wrong with it, then this one is fine too.) :)
    • 1/5
      I waded slowly, painfully through this - in the hope that there would be something, anything worthwhile. Got a little bit excited about 80% in, because it seemed like maybe something was going to actually happen - but turned out it was just a rehash of Mammoths. Complete waste of time, and one star given only because I never have to go through this again.
    • 1/5
      So. fucking. boring.

      In the last quarter it picked up a bit. After I griped about measles (a disease that humans developed from close association with cattle) someone suggested I turn my brain off a little and just enjoy. That's easier to do when shit's happening. But Auel's turgid writing -- "There was something there" and "rather inviolable" -- trips up the limited narrative flow I might have been coasting on.

      I've got 7% left. I've read good books that leave me hanging that I haven't waited 20 years for and, to repeat, were good. Let's see what she can wrap up in 50 pages.

      I did get one laugh of the so-awful-it's-fabulous sort that I'd been hoping for, when someone busted out ALL IN CAPS about NO MORE WIRE HANGERS or some such.
    • 3/5
      Kind of disappointing for the final book in the series. I found it extremely slow until the last quarter of the book. So many areas were left unexplored especially Ayla's relationship with her daughter.
    • 4/5
      “Land of Painted Caves” by Jean Auel is the sixth and final installation of the best selling “Earth’s Children” series. Through dynamic storytelling and meticulous attention to detail Auel continues the story of Ayla, her mate Jondala and daughter Jonayla as Ayla strives to become Healer while balancing family life through a vivid prehistoric landscape. This story combines the timeless struggle of raising a family and nurturing a career compounded by a surreal, unforgiving and exotic backdrop.
    • 3/5
      I wish I could give this story more stars, but I think I'm being generous enough as it is.

      I could have quite happily skipped the first 60% of the book. I'm sure the author put a lot of work into researching ancient caves, but really.. how many times do we need to hear the Mother's song? Every cave they go to: there's the Mother's song. Every cave takes about a chapter to describe, and I found myself skimming paragraphs looking for dialogue that might actually be entertaining.

      That being said, once you get to the last third of the book you actually can't put it down. I've spent the last week DRAGGGGGGGGGING through the first half of the book, only to spend most of my night last night unable to go to sleep until I'd actually finished the story. If only they'd published the last half of the book as the actual novel... maybe then it wouldn't have so many bad reviews.

      I'd recommend this book to fans of the series, but not to newbies. Stick with the first couple of novels.

      That being said, it was lovely to see the series end. Fans have wanted to know for a long time what would happen, and we did.
    • 4/5
      Auel wraps up the series (& several loose ends) pretty well in this novel. If you like the series about Ayla, you'll like this novel. I'll skip the details (like why I give it only 4 stars) until it's released and more people have read it.
    • 4/5
      I think what fascinates me about this series is the detail of the people's lives. The story is almost not important, and that did make this volume drag through the second part where Ayla is visiting caves on her "Donier Tour". But I really enjoy imagining what people ate and drank, how they made things without metal or plastics or even pottery, and what their societies might have been like.
    • 4/5
      I have been a faithful reader of Auel since I discovered Clan of the Cave Bear at a garage sale. I was extremely excited to discover that she was writing another book and couldn't wait to get my hands on it. Auel's storytelling and plot lines continue to be interesting and intriguing. At times I found the book to be extremely repetitive. She described Ayla's accent and the capacity of the horses over and over. However, despite the repetition, I did enjoy this book. It was a good ending to the series and tied up many lose ends.
    • 4/5
      I was ready - okay, more than ready - to trash the heck out of this novel in a review, and I still can't say that the first two of three parts don't deserve it. Know going in, there's no defence for this novel on the basis of literary merit. The author does her thing again where detailed paragraphs of information are repeated practically wholesale, often more than once. There's at least a dozen pages' worth of the tiresome Mother's Song. The cave tours are a new wrinkle, offering zero insight into their paintings and capturing none of the wonder. Unlike every previous volume this book carries over a large cast, but there's no need to worry who's who because it just. doesn't. matter.In part three, the author suddenly wakes up and remembers she's writing a novel. All at once there's a plot, subplot, events with some actual heft, and finally a conclusion that got me right in the gut like fiction rarely can. I guess I'm just a big baby, what can I say. I did not see that kind of impact coming, after hundreds of pages of the somnambulant nonsense I waded through to get there. Until then it's very thin on tension, suspense, action, villainy - anything, really. It barely has a pulse. But it's very strong on camaraderie, cooperation, benevolence and compassion. We never would have stopped being cave men if it was as idyllic as this.
    • 3/5
      It felt as though this series had run its course by the time I got to book 5, and I picked up this final instalment with some trepidation. Would it be possible to breathe new life into this stuttering project? It wasn’t long before that question was answered in the negative. Okay, in a book called “The Land of Painted Caves” it would be reasonable to expect a cave or two to feature. But crikey, the first four hundred pages were little more than a tour of caves, each one more tedious than the next. Around about page 300 Ayla remarks that she has rather had enough of looking at caves for now, and I have to admire her staying power – I had reached that conclusion at least 100 pages earlier.What has happened to this series which began so strongly? (Clan of the Cave Bear is one of my fave books of all time). Now the characters are flat, wooden and predictable, and drama has been replaced with the mundane. Elaborate and yawnworthy plans are made for two groups to go on an expedition and meet up partway. Except one group doesn’t turn up on time. Jondalar can’t get a signal on his Blackberry, or something like that, and they have to go back and look for them. What a drag. And you just know from the way things have been going for the last couple of thousand pages, if someone perishes in an earthquake or some random hunting disaster it won’t be anyone you’ve previously heard of, so it won’t register much anyway.My genuine advice to anyone hesitating about reading this book is to start at page 522. Unless you’re keen to hear about Ice Age attitudes to capital punishment you will have missed nothing. And contrary to all expectation, in the very last quarter of the book something actually happens. In the context of such undiluted tedium it was like being hit by a swinging brick. I had genuine concerns over a certain person acting out of character (and given there is only one facet to his character, to act out of it is pretty bad) but let’s park that, because when you’re dying of thirst and someone offers you a beer you just drink it. What a relief to finally have a reason to read on. Until, of course, the author decided that what the plot needed was another cave. There is far too much repetition, not just of the flipping Mother’s Song (which if I never read again it will be too soon), but of plotlines from previous books, as though it is hoped people will read this as a stand alone novel. Anyone doing so is going to be massively disappointed. The best place to start is with the first book – maybe followed by the next three – but then stop.
    • 4/5
      There is an immense amount of detail in each chapter of this story. Occasionally the detail makes dialogue cumbersome or feels a little repetitive. However, I find it very comforting--the circumstances in each situation were fully described and considered, and the motives of the characters were made abundantly clear. Even the dangerous scenes were tempered with analysis. I like context and careful thought, so I found this book to be a relaxing experience.
    • 4/5
      Auel seems to have listened to some of the complaints about her earlier books and taken them to heart. There are none of the long, plodding pages of travel - in fact, at one point, 4 years pass between the turn of a single page! All of our favorite characters are here, and we get to see Ayla continue to work at fitting in with her adoptive people. All in all, a quite enjoyable read. The story ended so that this could be the last book in the series - but there's also room for another sequel. Since I read an ARC, there's no information about possible upcoming books. Strongly recommended for anyone who has been following this series, it is also possible to read this as a stand alone - although you'll appreciated the characters more if you've followed their story from the beginning.
    • 2/5
      When I read the first of this Earth's Children series, The Clan of the Cave Bear, several years ago, I loved it. I enjoyed the characters and especially enjoyed learning about a time that was completely unfamiliar to me. I became less enamored of the series as it went on, eventually abandoning it. It became too predictable, the characters too cliched, and just not interesting. When I learned of this newest one, and the last in the series, I thought it was time for another try.Perhaps my reading tastes have changed too much since I read the first book. Perhaps this wasn't the right time to tackle this long (~750 pages in my ARC version) book. For whatever reason, I'm afraid it was a DNF for me. After about 200 pages of stilted conversation, way too much repetition, and very little action, I threw in the towel. Ayla is portrayed as some sort of superwoman who can do no wrong, and that got annoying to me. And to quote the bard, there was much ado about nothing.On the positive side, I think that readers who, like me, haven't read any of this series in quite a long time, will have no trouble picking up the thread of the story again. And I think those who enjoyed the entire series previous to this book will like this book. Maybe I will give it another go later, and see if I'm being too harsh now. But probably not.I was given a copy of this book by the publisher, and am grateful for the chance to read and review it.
    • 3/5
      Not awesome, but then I didn't expect it to be - the series has steadily declined. Could have been much shorter, lots of unnecessary repetition and detail. Still fun though if you're an Earth's Children junkie. Makes me want to read Clan of the Cave Bear again (for the story and to remind myself that she's capable of writing an excellent novel).
    • 1/5
      My wife started (and stopped) reading this book. She said it was terrible. I finally started reading it to judge for myself. I quit after about 350 pages (and I usually don't quit a book, even if it is bad). My wife's judgement was too kind. Reading it is pure drudgery. This most recent book in Jean Auel's series lacks any kind of plot. It is excessively repetitive, seems to lack editing. My impression is that Auel and her editors took all of her research, both previously used and not used, and dumped it into a "book" ... 848 pages of the same material repeated over and over again. I would classify this book as an exploitation book, a ripoff of the consumer. That's too bad, because her earlier books were excellent.
    • 3/5
      I was very disappointed in this book. It needed a good edit as there was much repetition and some places where the writing just didn't make sense. I don't remember the previous books in the series being poorly written as this one was. I have been following the series since I was a teenager and have enjoyed all of them, but I think the relationships and the characters that made the other books in the series interesting were not very present in this book until the last 200 pages. After finishing this one, I am now wondering if there will be another book in the series. Surely we are going to come back around to Ayla finding her Clan son after all these years. She did have the dream in painted caves about her sons meeting, right? If this is the final book in the series, it just doesn't feel done to me.