The South, Colm Toibin lighting and identity—and leaves readers with

and identity—and leaves readers with a shocking and unsettling truth

In the process she meets the first of many men that she will spend time with as she travels throughout the world

and passports confiscated by the Nazis

they both just know

even without knowing the full truth

The South, Colm Toibin lighting and identity—and leaves readers withKatherine 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