A joyous novel of art, love, and one man's unquenchable thirst for life, from one of America's best loved authors. Sixty-year-old American painter Scumbler (`Scum' to his friends) makes a living by creating rentable apartments out of the most unlikely Parisian spaces. He spends his days jaunting around the Left Bank in Paris, stopping regularly to paint, and revelling in the art of creation and the remarkable characters he meets along the way: students, prostitutes, and craftsmen, like him. At night he returns to ...
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A joyous novel of art, love, and one man's unquenchable thirst for life, from one of America's best loved authors. Sixty-year-old American painter Scumbler (`Scum' to his friends) makes a living by creating rentable apartments out of the most unlikely Parisian spaces. He spends his days jaunting around the Left Bank in Paris, stopping regularly to paint, and revelling in the art of creation and the remarkable characters he meets along the way: students, prostitutes, and craftsmen, like him. At night he returns to his wife and children. He is an undeniable success. He should be happy. And yet, Scumbler is pestered by the unavoidable symptoms of his age: the grey hair, the aches, the increasing waistline. Scumbler knows he must face up to the fact of his mortality, but he is adamant about doing so in his own inimitable way.
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Very Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on title page. With remainder mark. In protective mylar cover. (american literature, novel, fiction)
I first stumbled on Scumbler by William Wharton while browsing in my local used bookstore. It was the first of Wharton's books for me, and being a traditional picture painter, I found a kindred spirit in his wonderful characterization of the artist as an intensely inventive, driven, and ultimately joyous individual. All of Wharton's books which I have read are written in the first person and appear to be autobiographical, and though they are classified as fictional, they are so convincingly personal that I am always left wondering to what extent his stories are true. Since my first reading of Scumbler, I have bought several copies for friends of mine who are artists. Some have reported, like myself, to have read the entire story in a single day.
