The South

A highly acclaimed novel from the author of Brooklyn and 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.

Author: Colm Toibin
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 10/30/2012
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781476704487
Language: English