Nights of Spring Fever and Other Writings

by Yu Dafu

Yu Dafu is one of modern Chinese literature's most famous and accomplished writers and is best known for his short stories, essays, criticism and poetry.

213 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1984

About the author

See: 郁达夫

Yu Dafu (simplified Chinese: 郁达夫; traditional Chinese: 郁達夫; pinyin: Yù Dáfū; Wade–Giles: Yu Ta-fu) (December 7, 1896 – September 17, 1945). Born in Fuyang, Zhejiang province, was a modern Chinese short story writer and poet.

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Reviews

[Bryan Cebulski]

Some of the most beautiful stories I've ever read (if with pretty workman like translations) mixed with travel ephemera and little anecdotes. Altogether, worth seeking out!

[Fatima]

I read only 'Sinking'. It captures the anxieties of modernism and the hatred for Japan.

[Ravi Jain]

Feels very dated but the title story is evocative and memorable. I first read it decades ago but remembered the solitary, lonely walks there impoverished and sensitive narrator took at night.