The South - Softcover

Toibin, Colm

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1476704481 ISBN 13: 9781476704487

Publisher: Scribner Book Company, 2012

Synopsis

The first highly acclaimed novel from an "immensely gifted and accomplished writer" (The Washington Post), about an Irishwoman who creates a new life in post-war Spain.

In 1950, Katherine Proctor leaves Ireland for Barcelona, determined to escape her family and become a painter. There she meets Miguel, an anarchist veteran of the Spanish Civil War, and begins to build a life with him. But Katherine cannot escape her past, as Michael Graves, a fellow Irish émigré in Spain, forces her to reexamine all her relationships: to her lover, her art, and the homeland she only thought she knew.

The South is a novel of classic themes--of art and exile, and of the seemingly irreconcilable yearnings for love and freedom--to which Colm Tóibín brings a new, passionate sensitivity.

About this title

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Review:

"A strong and moving work of fiction about the hard truths of changing one's life. A grand achievement."--Don DeLillo

"A book of sustained lyrical beauty and power."--Chicago Tribune

"Tóibín's talent is amazing...a stunning novel."--The Washington Post Book World

"Tóibín's first novel is a broad and beautifully worked canvas...an imaginative, deeply felt, and evocative tale."--The Sunday Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1476704481
• ISBN 13: 9781476704487
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240