num_pages: 240
description: Set in the 1950s, this is the story of Katherine Proctor who "flees husband, child and County Wexford (Ireland) for Spain. She, a Catalan lover, and another Irish emigre, painters all, fashion new worlds in their work while fighting past worlds in their lives." ( Library Journal )
language: English
title: The South
titlecomplete: The South
characters: Katherine Proctor, Miguel, Michael Graves, Tom Proctor, Richard Proctor
genres: Ireland, Spain, Art, Historical Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Travel, Novels, Irish Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 1884
places: Enniscorthy, Barcelona, Catalonia
awards: name: Irish Times Irish Literature Prize
category: First Book
publisher: Penguin Books