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The South

by Colm Toibin

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Synopses & Reviews

Review:

"A highly impressive debut." Boston Globe

Review:

"Irish journalist Toibin's compelling tale of love and art, set in the United Kingdom and Franco's Spain, makes for a rich and remarkable debut." Publishers Weekly

Review:

"This exceptional first novel has the unusual quality of taking Irish material, allegedly unique, and making it European.... The South raises personal neuroses to the power of collective politics. It comes with praise from Don DeLillo and John Banville, among whose works it fits very well." John P. Harrington, Library Journal

Synopsis:

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.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780140149869
Other:
Toibin, Colm
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Author:
Toibin, Colm
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Spain
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Man-woman relationships
Subject:
Irish
Subject:
Anarchists
Subject:
Women -- Ireland -- Fiction.
Subject:
Anarchists -- Spain -- Fiction.
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Subject:
Ireland Fiction.
Series Volume:
no. 21
Publication Date:
October 1992
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
7.79x5.08x.47 in. .37 lbs.

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