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(*)(translated by Philip Gabriel, §¼a½ [1947-2010]) ()(Titulo original : ś[Hidaka] LNI-0077L es mismo libro.@LFrozen DreamsL, a novel which has its source in a tragic real-life accident that took place in 1965, tells the story of a party of climbers on JapanLs famous Hidaka mountain range on Hokkaido. Despite warnings of imminent bad weather, six university students, members of a climbing club, attempt an ascent of the rangeLs highest peak, Mount Poroshiri --a fateful decision that costs lives as, while sleeping in a cave, they are caught in a devastating avalanche. Miraculously, one of the climbers survives for four days after his companions have perished. As he lies trapped in deep snow, half-frozen and drifting in and out of consciousness, powerless to help himself in the face of the extreme conditions and crushing isolation, the reader enters the young manLs mind as he revisits his past and imagines the future while death creeps upon him. A masterpiece of mountaineering literature, and a bestseller in Japan, this is TatematsuLs most widely read novel, now available for the first time in English. Specially selected for the Japanese Literature Publishing Project (JLPP)) |
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