About the book: 2012 / Rafael Iglesias published his first novel at the age of 18, and then, at 21, wrote three more books. Subsequently, he made his living as a film screenwriter, collaborated with directors such as Roman Polanski and Peter Weir, and left great literature for a long time, only to return to it 13 long years later, after the death of his wife Margaret. A Happy Marriage is almost an autobiography, very an intimate and revealing account of the lives of writer Enrique Sabas and his wife Margaret Cohen. Throughout the book, the author switches the reader's attention from the story of how the main characters met, the happy and unhappy events of their marriage, to a description of the last days of Margaret's life, Enrique's feelings and thoughts in connection with his wife's incurable illness. The novel spans a period of 30 years and explores what it means for two people to decide to spend their entire lives together and what a happy marriage really is. Touching chronicles of a 30-year marriage. Publishers Weekly It would seem that we don’t know about marriage, but in his surprisingly subtle, sometimes funny and at the same time tragic novel, Iglesias tells the story of not just long family relationships, but the story of life in general. The Wall Street journal