{"product_id":"the-south-9781476704487","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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColm Tóibín is the author of eleven novels, including \u003ci\u003eLong Island\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Magician\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize; \u003ci\u003eThe Master\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Costa Book Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Testament of Mary\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e Nora Webster\u003c\/i\u003e; as well as two story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and has been named as the Laureate for Irish Fiction for 2022-2024 by the Arts Council of Ireland. Three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Tóibín lives in Dublin and New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50625589149970,"sku":"9781476704487","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f7117270-9f78-4cb0-bc8d-6006381833e0.jpg?v=1732632698","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-south-9781476704487","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}