Last Lovers (Bookcassette(r) Edition)

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

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Summary: worst of wharton
Review: 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.

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Summary: Interesting concepts and audio
Review: 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.

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Summary: A simply beautiful work that touches all emotions.
Review: 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.

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Summary: Excelent story
Review: 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/

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Summary: worst of wharton
Review: 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.

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Summary: A moving story
Review: 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.