{"product_id":"the-south-by-colm-toibin-9781035029518","title":"The South","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA classic work of Irish literature, this award-winning novel is an exploration of love, art and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKatherine 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe South\u003c\/em\u003e is the book that introduced readers to the astonishing gifts of Colm Tóibín, winning the Irish Times First Fiction Award in 1991. Arrestingly visual and enduringly atmospheric, it is a classic novel of art, sacrifice, and courage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48244696842476,"sku":"9781035029518","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035029518-the-south-1.jpg?v=1788010408","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-south-by-colm-toibin-9781035029518","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}