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Last Lovers

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In Last Lovers, an American expatriate-businessman turned street artist meets, by accident, an ingenuous, blind, Parisian spinster and a beautiful relationship ensues. More than just an exploration of these two distinct lives, Last Lovers peers into the Byzantine mysteries of love and relationships. In a clear and unencumbered voice, William Wharton tells how these two people find joy, beauty, and clarity in lives scarred by sorrows and misfortunes. A touching novel that will effect every emotion and leave each reader changed.

This unusual story of the love between an American street artist in Paris running away from himself, and an old blind woman traumatized by a family death, is unforgettable. The seemingly contradictory themes of carnal sex and innocence, pain and caring, culture and cross-culture are painted so engagingly that the book is a page-turner to the very end.

William Wharton's 'Last Lovers' tells the story of love which can be very seldom found in novels. It is a story of a man in his forties disappointed with life and love who chose the life of a street painter to run away from a failed marriage (failed also because of him) and a woman in her sixties who lost her eyesight when life turned too cruel for her to bear. They meet by chance, do not trust each other at the beginning, very slowly learn to respect and like each other and, ultimately, fall in love.
It is a love story but also a story of mutual guiding towards the light - Jack helps Mirabelle regain her trust in the world, Mirabelle helps Jack regain his trust in other people and love. The story is very touching and there are no easy happy ends here but Wharton succeeds in making his tale real even if it is very unusual. A perfect love story for those who doubt they can ever love again.

I read several William Wharton's novels but LAST LOVERS is by far my favorite one. The author beautifully describes the depth and colors of Love and Lust that don't know limits like age and social differences. If you want to read this book have a pack of tissues available at hand because you WILL cry. Amazing story, well-written and touching. Book was in a good condition and shipped within time frame. Will buy from this seller again.

This book is not only about love but also about "rat race", sex, art, filosophy of art. It touches and explores so many comon human fillings that would be suitable for almost any age and any culture/

I took this lengthy audiobook on a long road trip through North Dakota with my girlfriend. When we got to our destination, we drove around and around the blocks listening to the book instead of going in. While I don't consider this the best book I've ever listened to, it has a way of engaging the mind that is provocative. There is a lot of sensitivity in the material and the reading of it. I'm 50 years old, so maybe this held more meaning for me. The mark of a good read is that it sticks in the back of the mind. This one definitely does so. I recommend this audiobook very highly.

He's one of my favorite authors and several of his books make my all time top ten list...but this one, never. The voice is Wharton, but the progressive love affair was unappetizing to the point of nausea. Also, the climax may have been written as a hoax, it was that unbelieveably trite. The setting was described so beautifully I could see it, as could the blind heroine, through the painter's eyes. The concept of mutual other self actualization was intriguing. Its enactment was not. Perhaps I expected too much.

Geriatric hardcore. It's unlike the rest Wharton's books which I liked very much. I wish I had missed it.