The Clan of the Cave Bear | Critical Overview
Jean Auel's novels have met with much popular success. Yet most literary critics and scholars have problems with her work on several different levels. Some reviewers find her work lightweight in terms of character, plot, and style. In addition, many popular culture scholars, who seem to be the only ones who will address Auel's work directly, find her foreshadowing heavy-handed and boring.
Daryl Hannah as Ayla, Rory L. Crowley as Durc, and Pamela Reed as Iza in the 1986 film version of...
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