In Search of a Distant Voice

Blurb

In Search of a Distant Voice is a novel by Japanese writer Taichi Yamada. It was first published in Japan in 1986, and was translated for English-language publication in 2006 by Michael Emmerich. The novel seems to be an elaboration on the dangers of emotional repression in Japanese society, of the suppression of personality. It warns against emotional subjugation, and demonstrates forms of intense emotional protests in the events which happen to the protagonist.