The South
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Published:4th Apr '24
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Colm Tóibín's debut novel, The South is a classic story of art, sacrifice, and courage.
A modern 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 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. . .
The South was Colm Tóibín's debut novel, winning the Irish Times First Fiction Award in 1991.
'An imaginative, deeply felt and evocative tale' – The Sunday Times
'Colm Tóibín writes prose of a heartbreaking beauty' – Hilary Mantel
Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
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 *
ISBN: 9781035029518
Dimensions: 198mm x 133mm x 18mm
Weight: 192g
272 pages