Description
| Product ID: | 9781035029518 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Picador Collection |
| Title: | The South |
| Authors: | Author: Colm Toibin |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Colm Tóibín's debut novel, The South is a classic story of art, sacrifice, and courage <p><b>A modern classic work of Irish literature, this award-winning novel is an exploration of love, art and identity.</b><br><br><i>This was the night train to Barcelona, some hours before the dawn. This was 1950, late September. I had left my husband. I had left my home. </i><br><br>Katherine Proctor has dared to leave her family in Ireland and reach out for a new life. Determined to become an artist, she flees to Spain, where she meets Miguel, a passionate man who has fought for his own freedoms. They retreat to the quiet intensity of the mountains and begin to build a life together. But as Miguel’s past catches up with him, Katherine too is forced to re-examine her relationships: with her lover, her painting and the homeland she only thought she knew. . .<br><br><i>The South</i> is the book that introduced readers to the astonishing gifts of Colm Tóibín, winning the <i>Irish Times</i> First Fiction Award in 1991. <br><br><b>'An imaginative, deeply felt and evocative tale' <i>The Sunday Times</i><br><br>'Colm Tóibín writes prose of a heartbreaking beauty' Hilary Mantel</b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-04-04 |