A Silver-Grey Death and Drowning

A Silver-Grey Death (银灰色的死 in Chinese) and Drowning (沉沦), both by Yu Dafu (郁達夫), are short stories written and published in 1920 and 1921 respectively. Both tell the story of a young man, a Chinese national, living and studying in Japan in the early 20^th century. Both are based (in part) on experiences in the authorʼs life.

Yu Dafu is perhaps unique, among Chinese writers of the period, as an author of decadence - in the literary sense, and in ways that should interest (if not please) Wester...