When the Walls Cry

Japanese: 《壁の声きく時》 - かべのこえきくとき
When the Walls Cry

…The novel was criticized by the literary world for its vulgar style, such as the idealization of the protagonist, which sought to compare him to Jesus Christ. However, this “social novel” (advertising copy) was based on the tradition of Christian socialism and rode the religious literature boom of the time to become a best-seller. The second and third volumes are “Taiyo wo Shooter” (1921) and “Kabe no Koe kiku Toki” (When the Wall Hears the Voice) (1924). [Sato Masaru] …

*Some of the terminology used in "When the Walls Cry" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…主人公をキリストになぞらえようとする理想化のあり方など小説作法に通俗的傾斜があり,文壇からは批判を浴びたが,キリスト教社会主義の伝統をくむこの〈社会小説〉(広告文)は,当時の宗教文学ブームにのってベストセラーとなった。中・下巻として《太陽を射るもの》(1921),《壁の声きく時》(1924)がある。【佐藤 勝】。…

※「《壁の声きく時》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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