神々の山嶺 上

神々の山嶺

by Baku Yumemakura

カトマンドゥの裏町の古道具屋でカメラマン・深町は時代物のコダックのカメラを入手した。そのカメラは、英国の伝説的な登山家マロリーが本当にエベレストの初登頂に成功したかどうかという、登山史上最大の謎を解く可能性を秘めていた。カメラの謎を追う深町と、厳冬期に単独でエベレストに挑もうとする登山家・羽生丈二が現地で出会った…

489 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 18, 2000

About the author

Baku Yumemakura was born January 1st 1951 in Kanagawa, Japan. He graduated from Tokai University with a degree in Japanese literature. He debuted as an author in 1977, subsequently publishing a number of successful series including Psyche Diver, Chimera, and Hunting Master in addition many others. In 1989 he won Japan’s Science Fiction award for his novel, The Lion that Ate the Moon, and in 1998 won the 11th Shibata Renzaburo Award for God’s of the Mountain. His work, “Oyedo Chokakuden”, was awarded the Izumi Kyoka Prize for Literature in 2011 and in 2012 received the Yoshikawa Eiji award. In 2001, the manga adaptation of his seminal work, “Onmyoji”, won the 5th annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, while the adaptation of his work “Gods of the Mountain” won the award of excellence at the Japan Media Arts Festival. A number of his works have been adapted to film, including the Toho produced “Onmyoji” and “Onmyoji 2”.

See also 夢枕 獏.

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Reviews

[Weiching Liu · Rating 5 out of 5]

pretty good story, very well written