The South by Colm Tóibín - ISBN: 9781035029518
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Escape, art, love, and identity bloom in the Spanish mountains.

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  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    9 April 2024

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Summary

A classic work of Irish literature, this award-winning novel is an exploration of love, art and identity.

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.

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…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781035029518
ISBN-10:1035029510
Author:Colm Tóibín
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Picador
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:9 April 2024
Weight:192g
Dimensions:18mm x 133mm x 198mm
Series:Picador Collection
Audience Age:18
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The South by Colm Tóibín - ISBN: 9781035029518
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Critics Review

A broad and beautifully worked canvas … An imaginative, deeply felt and evocative tale * Sunday Times *
A daring, imaginative feat; the world it conjures is at once familiar and strange, and strangely moving. A splendid first novel – John Banville
This is a strong and moving work of fiction about the hard truths of changing one’s life. Colm Tóibín, like his characters, never says too much and never lets us grow too comfortable. A grand achievement – Don DeLillo
Colm Tóibín writes prose of a heartbreaking beauty. – Hilary Mantel
Clever, evocative and intelligent * Irish Times *
The story is told with spare, simple elegance * London Review of Books *

About The Author

Colm Tóibín

Colm Tóibín was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of eleven novels including The Master, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary, and The Magician. His work has been shortlisted for the Booker three times, and won the Costa Novel Award, the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Impac Award. He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction.

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