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A happy marriage a novel

A Happy Marriage is both intimate and expansive: It is the story of Enrique Sabas and his wife, Margaret, a novel that alternates between the romantic misadventures of the first weeks of their courtship and the final months of Margaret's life as she says good-bye to her family, friends, and children -- and to Enrique. Spanning thirty years, this achingly honest story is about what it means for two people to spend a lifetime together -- and what makes a happy marriage. Yglesias's career as a novelist began in 1970 when he wrote an autobiographical novel at sixteen, hailed by critics for its stunning and revelatory depiction of adolescence. A Happy Marriage, his first work of fiction in thirteen years, was inspired by his relationship with his wife, Margaret, who died in 2004. Bold, elegiac, and emotionally suspenseful, even though we know what happens, Yglesias's beautiful novel will break every reader's heart -- while encouraging all of us with its clear-eyed evocation of the enduring value of marriage.

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  • "A Happy Marriage is both intimate and expansive: It is the story of Enrique Sabas and his wife, Margaret, a novel that alternates between the romantic misadventures of the first weeks of their courtship and the final months of Margaret's life as she says good-bye to her family, friends, and children -- and to Enrique. Spanning thirty years, this achingly honest story is about what it means for two people to spend a lifetime together -- and what makes a happy marriage. Yglesias's career as a novelist began in 1970 when he wrote an autobiographical novel at sixteen, hailed by critics for its stunning and revelatory depiction of adolescence. A Happy Marriage, his first work of fiction in thirteen years, was inspired by his relationship with his wife, Margaret, who died in 2004. Bold, elegiac, and emotionally suspenseful, even though we know what happens, Yglesias's beautiful novel will break every reader's heart -- while encouraging all of us with its clear-eyed evocation of the enduring value of marriage."@en
  • "Als der 21-jährige Enrique Sabas im wildromantischen Manhattan der Siebzigerjahre auf die drei Jahre ältere Margaret Cohen trifft, weiss er, dass sie die Liebe seines Lebens ist. Doch die familiären Gegensätze könnten grösser nicht sein: Er ist ein literarisches Wunderkind, ein eigenbrötlerischer Schulabbrecher, der sich ganz dem Leben der Boheme hingibt, wohingegen die lebhafte, attraktive Margaret aus einem bürgerlichen Haushalt kommt und die kontrollierte Emotionalität ihrer Mutter geerbt hat. Die erotischen Abenteuer und Missgeschicke in den ersten Wochen ihres Kennenlernens sind verwoben mit Szenen ihrer Ehe - die Erziehung der Kinder, der Verlust eines Elternteils, die Versuchungen eines allzu leichten Seitensprungs -, bevor Margaret mit Mitte fünfzig ihrer Krebserkrankung erliegt. Eine wahrhaftige Geschichte über ein gemeinsames Leben - und darüber, was eine glückliche Ehe ausmacht. Rafael Yglesias, geboren 1954 in New York City, ist der Sohn des Schriftstellerpaars Jose und Helen Yglesias. Mit 17 Jahren brach er die High School ab, um seinen ersten Roman zu veröffentlichen, sieben weitere folgten. Als Drehbuchautor schrieb er u. a. "Der Tod und das Mädchen", "Les Miserables", "From Hell" und "Dark Water". Von 1977 bis zu ihrem Tod 2004 war er mit Margaret Joskow verheiratet. "Glückliche Ehe" ist sein erster Roman seit 13 Jahren. Yglesias hat zwei erwachsene Söhne und lebt in New York."
  • "Enrique and Margaret Sabas have been married for 30 years. Now, Margaret is under hospice care in the final stages of cancer and asks Enrique to control access to her during her final days so that she can say good-bye to a select few on her own terms. Enrique does so, patiently waiting for his own turn. As he waits, he remembers their life together, from their first conversation forward. The story alternates between past and present, contrasting the budding and then mature relationship to the sad reality of its end."@en
  • "Enrique and Margaret Sabas have been married for 30 years. Now, Margaret is under hospice care in the final stages of cancer and asks Enrique to control access to her during her final days so that she can say good-bye to a select few on her own terms. Enrique does so, patiently waiting for his own turn. As he waits, he remembers their life together, from their first conversation forward. The story alternates between past and present, contrasting the budding and then mature relationship to the sad reality of its end."

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  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "Glückliche Ehe : Roman"
  • "Счастливый брак : роман"
  • "Glückliche Ehe Roman"
  • "Schastlivyĭ brak : roman"
  • "Un Matrimonio feliz"
  • "Un matrimonio feliz"@es
  • "Un matrimonio feliz"
  • "A happy marriage a novel"@en
  • "A happy marriage : a novel"@en
  • "A happy marriage : a novel"

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