The Wild Ass's Skin (The Human Comedy)

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ISBN-10:

0140443304

ISBN-13:

9780140443301

Edition: Reprint
Released: Sep 29, 1977
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
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Description:

Balzac is concerned with the choice between ruthless self-gratification and asceticism, dissipation and restraint, in a novel that is powerful in its symbolism and realistic depiction of decadence.

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