Un matrimonio feliz

by Yglesias, Rafael; Alou, Damià

• ISBN13: 9788492663378
• ISBN10: 8492663375
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-01
• Publisher: Libros del Asteroide

Summary

This novel follows Enrique Sabas, a screenwriter, and his wife Margaret, a graphic designer, who have two children and lead a comfortable life in New York. After 30 years of marriage and the attainment of a stability that had seemed impossible, the couple has spent the past three years battling her cancer, which has now entered its terminal phase. Margaret prepares to say good-bye to her friends and family with the help of Enrique, who during these strange and final days reconstructs the story of their marriage. This partially autobiographical novel courageously and honestly explores the universal themes of love, pain in the face of death, and the mystery of sharing one's life with someone else. Esta novela sigue a Enrique Sabas, guionista de cine, y su mujer Margaret, disenadora grafica, quienes tienen dos hijos y llevan una vida acomodada en Nueva York. Tras 30 anos de matrimonio y alcanzada una estabilidad que parecia imposible, la pareja lleva tres anos luchando contra el cancer que ella padece y que ha entrado en fase terminal. Margaret prepara su despedida de familiares y amigos ayudada por Enrique, quien durante estos ultimos y extranos dias va reconstruyendo la historia del matrimonio. Esta novela parcialmente autobiografica explora con valentia y sinceridad los temas universales del amor, del dolor ante la proximidad de la muerte y del misterio que supone compartir la vida con otra persona.

Author Biography

Rafael Yglesias is an American novelist, a screenwriter, and the author of Fearless and Hot Properties. He lives in New York City. Damià Alou is an English philologist and translator, as well as a novelist and poet. He is a professor at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and has translated works by Truman Capote, Philip Larkin, Thomas Hardy, Norman Mailer, Ernest Hemingway, and Charles Dickens.