The South

Author: Colm Tóibín
Publisher: Picador
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Genre: Novel
In 1950, determined to escape her family and become a painter, Katherine leaves Ireland for Barcelona. There she lives with an anarchist veteran of the Spanish Civil War until her past catches up with her. The South is both powerful and lyrical, a novel of art and exile and the irreconcilable yearnings for love and freedom. "A highly impressive debut".--Boston Globe.
ISBN: 9780330323338