Selected Essays of Yu Dafu

Author: Yu Dafu
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This work is meticulously compiled into two volumes: the Novel Volume and the Prose Volume. The Selected Works of Yu Dafu (Novel Volume) includes 25 of the most representative novels by Yu Dafu, including short stories such as The Drowning, The Stone Quarries, Evening in a Melting Spring, A Debt of Blood, and Late Osmanthus, as well as middle-length novels like The Lost Sheep, She Is a Weak Woman, and Flight. The novels primarily depict disillusioned and marginalized young intellectuals, often boldly exposing themselves, imbued with a romantic and melancholic atmosphere. The writing style is unrestrained and natural, with fresh and elegant language, displaying a strong subjective lyrical quality. The Selected Works of Yu Dafu (Prose Volume) features Yu Dafu's representative prose, including essays, travelogues, selected letters, and autobiographical writings. His prose is candid and unreserved, vividly portraying the frustrations of a talented intellectual in a turbulent society. The writing is fresh and delicate, full of vigor and charm. Like his novels, his prose embodies sincerity, passion, brightness, and a free and unrestrained style.