Megumi Yuikawa Junko's Summit Gentosha Bunko Price: 924 yen "Everest? A woman can't climb that." A Naoki Prize-winning author's heartfelt novel based on the life of Junko Tabei. Junko simply loved mountains, and climbed them whenever she had free time while working at a company. Junko, an ordinary woman except for her love of mountains, ends up aiming for the Himalayas with an all-female climbing team. "Hey, won't you go to Everest?" asked Akiko, the team leader who had struggled with her on Annapurna. If successful, it would be a world first for a woman. Encouraged by her mountain-man husband, Masayuki, who said, "You should go," Junko made up her mind. Overcoming difficulties greater than Annapurna, what went through Junko's mind as she stood on the 8,848-meter summit...? A moving novel by Naoki Prize-winning author Megumi Yuikawa, based on the life of Junko Tabei, the first woman in the world to successfully climb Mount Everest. I have read it once. It was very interesting. There are no noticeable stains or writing, but there was one fold from when I purchased it. Please check the photos. The book cover will be removed before shipping. I also have many other books on sheet music and music-related topics for sale♪ #PONTAN's list of items for sale