The Wild Ass's Skin (Penguin Classics)
by Honor? de Balzac
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Author: Honor? de BalzacIntroduction: Herbert J. Hunt
Edition: Paperback
Audio: French (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1977-09-29
ISBN: 0140443304
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Summary: 5 Stars
If you only read one Balzac novel read this one .In its conception and execution as complete as Anna Karenina. It tells the story of a initially destitute young man comtemplating suicide, great opening scene where he gambles his last money, he then enters a curiosity shop where he is given an animal skin which will give him everything he desires but will shrink in response to the degree of his request. Thus the novel explores how we are damaged by attainment of the things we desire, all Balzac is good but in my view this is the best
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