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Giovanni Arpino

    January 27, 1927 – December 10, 1987

    Giovanni Arpino was an Italian writer and journalist whose work is characterized by a dry and ironic style. His novels often explore the human experience with distinctive precision. Arpino also enriched sports journalism with literary quality, leaving a legacy through his unique narratives. His impactful writing has been adapted into films, reaching a broad audience.

    Giovanni Arpino
    Il primo quarto di luna e altre storie
    L'opera pittorica completa di Rembrandt
    Un delitto d'onore
    Un'anima persa
    L'ombra delle colline
    Scent of a Woman
    • 2011

      Scent of a Woman

      • 192 pages
      • 7 hours of reading
      3.1(404)Add rating

      Two soldiers travel across Italy at the height of summer: one is blind, graceful, gleefully vicious and wears a prosthetic arm; the other, 20 years his junior, is his guide. But as the men drink their way through the bars and brothels of Genoa, Rome and Naples, just who is guiding who?

      Scent of a Woman