Rooming separately

Author: (French) Maris Vorinsky / Zhao Kefei
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Publishing Date: 2005-09-01
Features: "Hi, did you sleep well last night?" "Wonderfully, and you?" In the morning, when couples step out of their rooms and greet each other like this, what's the feeling? French veteran female journalist Maris Vorinsky, after experiencing 30 years of ups and downs in her marriage with her husband, made her own choice—separating bedrooms. This lifestyle allows them to live under the same roof while maintaining a certain degree of independence and personal privacy. This unique love story authentically recreates the exploration of gender relationships, rebellion, maturation, and understanding of marriage by women who lived through the 1970s French sexual liberation wave. The world of the two is small, needing only a small bed; the world of the two is vast, seemingly without boundaries. The distance between the two is close, yet some share the same bed with different dreams; the distance between the two is far, yet some are close as if across the world. However, the size of the space and the distance between them cannot change a fundamental truth: you are two people, two independent individuals. The dialectics of love mean both coming together as one and yet remaining two. Couples enjoy the highest level of "intimacy" in human relationships. The fusion of passion and desire, spirit and flesh, sex and love determines that they are the closest companions in the world. Yet the small book in your hands advocates a new way of life—"separating bedrooms." Using this story that has weathered the passage of time, the French female journalist tells modern couples who are suffering in their marriages that love needs space: private space, mental space, aesthetic space, space for understanding, space for imagination, and space for making mistakes. At the end of the day, it is to give love a space to survive and thrive, for love needs to breathe, even if you still live in the same room. "Hi, did you sleep well last night?" "Wonderfully, and you?" In the morning, when couples step out of their rooms and greet each other like this, what's the feeling? French veteran female journalist Maris