{"product_id":"books-the-south-by-colm-toibin","title":"The South","description":"\u003cb\u003eA highly acclaimed novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e and an \"immensely gifted and accomplished writer\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), about an Irishwoman who creates a new life in post-war Spain.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 1950, Katherine Proctor leaves Ireland for Barcelona, determined to escape her family and become a painter. There she meets Miguel, an anarchist veteran of the Spanish Civil War, and begins to build a life with him. But Katherine cannot escape her past, as Michael Graves, a fellow Irish émigré in Spain, forces her to reexamine all her relationships: to her lover, her art, and the homeland she only thought she knew.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe South\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of classic themes--of art and exile, and of the seemingly irreconcilable yearnings for love and freedom--to which Colm Tóibín brings a new, passionate sensitivity.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53507000434961,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781476704487.jpg?v=1778119665","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-south-by-colm-toibin","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}