Morning

Author: Jean-Claude Kaufmann (France)
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: I woke up from a sleep I had never had before, from the deepest darkness. I tried to open my eyes, but what I saw was a roof I had never seen before. Slowly looking around, I found a completely unfamiliar and very unpleasant room. I had no idea how I had gotten there. I immediately told myself: It's a dream! However, the dream was vivid and clear—bright morning light outside the window, dazzling sunlight, the continuous rumbling of carriages downstairs, the jingling of trams, and the noisy chatter of people. I couldn't help but sit up and try to figure out what was going on. Suddenly, I turned my head and looked—words cannot describe the shock I felt at that moment: an unfamiliar person was sleeping next to me on a large bed, but I didn't know him, I didn't know him, I didn't know him: a half-naked, unfamiliar person—excerpt from Stefan Zweig's "The Twenty-Four Hours a Woman Spent in Love," "Morning," referring to the morning after a night of intimacy between men and women. When lovers wake up drowsily, they begin to look with their eyes, search with their senses, perhaps hide awkwardness with kisses; perhaps feel sudden shyness when getting up; perhaps worry about the fear of facing disappointment; perhaps be shocked to discover their own split personality. Morning is a strange mix of various emotions. Perhaps, they quietly get out of bed and quickly get ready; perhaps, they have an impromptu love breakfast; perhaps, they flee in an indescribable mood; perhaps, they find that today's sun is brighter and warmer than any other day. Morning is a rather dramatic moment in the plot of life. French sociologist uses this special moment as a starting point, through extensive actual surveys of men and women in love, to meticulously analyze the various twists and changes in body, psychology, and emotions between lovers at this time, thereby depicting the development track of love. Reading this book, readers will understand that love actually unfolds in the morning; savoring this book, readers will discover the new rules of the game in gender relationships.