Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2011.
Paperback. Book Condition: New. 198 x 129 mm. Brand New Book. Two
soldiers travel across Italy at the height of summer, passing through
Genoa, Rome and Naples. One of the soldiers is blind, graceful,
gleefully vicious and wears a prosthetic arm; the other, twenty years
his junior, is his guide. But as these men drink their way through bars,
brothels and train carriages, who is guiding who? Only as they
reluctantly approach the blind man's destination, and a stifled love
affair, does the purpose of the trip become tragically clear. The
inspiration for two acclaimed films, "Scent of a Woman" is a lyrical
exploration of regret, defiance, and what it really means to see.