I have something to do tonight and won't be going home: An Interview Record of Extramarital Emotions among Urban Mainstream Population

Author: Zhang Jianpeng
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: This book is not written for sensationalism or to provide emotional consumption for readers, nor is it written for readability. Although it tells stories, it does not write about those on the fringes of the city, even though their stories are intriguing and exciting. This book focuses on mainstream society, exploring the interdependent yet contradictory dual relationships between love and marriage, freedom and responsibility, and individual liberation and moral norms through their emotional survival states. Interviews with mainstream urbanites about extramarital emotions! In the bustling metropolis, amidst the swirling flow of traffic and crowds; under the dimming lights, there are some people whose lives are permeated by the internet, smartphones are, material wealth is abundant, and the individuals who make up society are inevitably changing. As a result, there are such groups among society's members; they waver between tradition and modernity, hover between reason and impulse, and perform a series of bewildering and dazzling emotional phenomena. This book is based on in-depth interviews conducted by multiple journalists, with detailed and meticulous emotional insights. The interviewees are all mainstream urbanites. Most of them have families and careers, education, social status, and rational thinking. They are not recklessly marginalizing and rebellious, nor are they openly indulging and flamboyant. Traditional morality stills them, and extramarital emotions still attract them. They are mindful of their identity, status, and family. However, they also have a subconscious desire for compensation. Inside and outside the family, emotional desires, moral responsibilities, and career and life intertwine, making some of them carefree, some confused, some persistent, some puzzled, some bold, and some cautious. In the crowds of traffic, everywhere are their busy figures; under the red lights and wine, their songs and tears are drowned out; in the lonely night and dim light, they search for a place to rest their bodies and souls. Are you coming home tonight? Take care!