The South - Brossura

Tóibín, Colm

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0330323334 ISBN 13: 9780330323338

Casa editrice: Picador, 2008

Riassunto

In 1950, Katherine Proctor leaves Ireland and her family for Barcelona, determined to become a painter. There she meets Miguel, an anarchist veteran of the Spanish Civil War, and proceeds to build a life with him. But Katherine cannot escape her past, as Michael Graves, a fellow Irish emigre to Spain, forces her to re-examine all her relationships: to her lover, her art and the homeland she only thought she knew. `This is a strong and moving work of fiction about the hard truths of changing one's life. Colm Toibin, like his characters, never says too much and never lets us grow too comfortable. A grand achievement' Don DeLillo `A broad and beautifully worked canvas . . . An imaginative, deeply felt and evocative tale' Sunday Times

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‘A daring, imaginative feat; the world it conjures is at once familiar and strange, and strangely moving. A splendid first novel’ John Banville

L'autore

Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of The South, The Heather Blazing, The Story of the Night, The Blackwater Lightship and most recently The Master, which was shortlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize. His non-fiction includes Bad Blood, Homage to Barcelona and The Sign of the Cross. His work has been translated into seventeen languages. He lives in Dublin.

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• Editore: Picador
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0330323334
• ISBN 13: 9780330323338
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256