Kurtén, Björn: DANCE OF THE TIGER. A Novel of the Ice Age

Author: Kurtén, Björn
Country: California
Language: English
Year Published: 1980
No. of pages: 255
Illustrations: 1 Color Illustrations. 2 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8”x 5 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 520202775
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 2284

Price: $24.95

Björn Kurten, a Swedish-speaking Finn who is an unquestioned giant of paleontology, proves with this exciting, lyrical and often moving novel that there is nothing paradoxical about a scientist’s creating first-rate fiction. The story is set in Scandinavia, as the Cro-Magnon peoples enter Neandertal territory during a thaw in the great Ice Age. Kurtain’s story-telling skills entwine with his scientific knowledge as we are drawn into a guessing game about who would survive the other and why. The greatest appeal of Kurten’s novel arises from his proper treatment of both Neandertal and Cro-Magnon as people of fully human intelligence and feeling.