眾神的山嶺 上

神々の山嶺

by Baku Yumemakura, 夢枕獏, 張智淵 (Translator)

Chinese edition of award winning Baku Yumemakura's science fiction Kamigami no itadaki [The summit of the gods](book 1 of 2). This story is about two Japanese mountain climbers who were racing each other to the summit of Mt. Everest. While wandering in Kathmandu, one of them thought he found the camera that belonged to George Mallory and decided to dig deep into the truth of the famous climber and his partner Andrew Irvine's disappearance. In Traditional Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

456 pages, Paperback

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