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A young man, in despair over gambling debts, buys a magical animal skin that grants his every wish but hastens its owner's death in the process. Balzac's compelling tale is here presented in an exuberant new translation, with an illuminating introduction and notes.
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The Wild Ass's Skin, Honoré de Balzac
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- Released
- 2012
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- Title
- The Wild Ass's Skin
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Honoré de Balzac
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0199579504
- ISBN13
- 9780199579501
- Description
- A young man, in despair over gambling debts, buys a magical animal skin that grants his every wish but hastens its owner's death in the process. Balzac's compelling tale is here presented in an exuberant new translation, with an illuminating introduction and notes.