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THE SOUTH - COLM TÓIBÍN KARTONIERT (TB)

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 is the book that introduced readers to the astonishing gifts of Colm Tóibín  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.  Read Long Island  
the Sunday Times bestselling sequel to Colm Tóibín's beloved Brooklyn   in paperback now.

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