Review: The Wild Ass's Skin (La Comédie Humaine)
Avis d'utilisateur - Maria - GoodreadsThis isn't the edition I read. My book is one translated by Atwood Townsend, with an excellent afterword by Henri Peyre. French title is Le Peau de chagrin. Poor young poet (shades of Sorrowing ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Wild Ass's Skin (La Comédie Humaine)
Avis d'utilisateur - Liam Guilar - Goodreads"Desire sets us aflame and Power destroys us but knowledge leaves our frail organism in a state of perpetual calm." Balzac, as Peter Brooks claims in "Enigmas of Identity" anticipates and in some ways ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Wild Ass's Skin (La Comédie Humaine)
Avis d'utilisateur - TrumanCoyote - GoodreadsPretty fun--vigorous, enjoyable style (though a bit hammy); sunk though by the 100 pages of talking in the middle, complete with insincere hyperbole. Also (especially toward the end) too many WrapUps ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Wild Ass's Skin (La Comédie Humaine)
Avis d'utilisateur - Ivan Mulcahy - GoodreadsA man wants to die then is gifted the power of having all he desires. Then he can't live because he fears losing life. Read it twenty odd years ago. Loved it and generally found Balzac was a bit of bore. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Wild Ass's Skin (La Comédie Humaine)
Avis d'utilisateur - Ronald - GoodreadsThoroughly enjoyable fictional narrative reflecting on mores and characters in post-Napoleonic France, infused with references to significant events and personalities of the time. Balzac rarely gets ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Wild Ass's Skin (La Comédie Humaine)
Avis d'utilisateur - Derek - GoodreadsI've always like Balzac because of how realistic were all of his characters and situations. The supernatural aspect of Wild-Ass's Skin was distracting so that I had difficulty relating to any of them ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Wild Ass's Skin (La Comédie Humaine)
Avis d'utilisateur - D - GoodreadsCan't remember why I had this on my list. Balzac has some great ideas, some sharp plotting, lacks style and on the whole really uneven (dull beyond belief followed by clean goodness). Flaubert and ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Wild Ass's Skin (La Comédie Humaine)
Avis d'utilisateur - Lisa - GoodreadsThere is a sense of doom and melancholy pervading this story of a would-be suicide but there are also some very funny moments. Raphael de Valentin has, after a long period of self-discipline and hard ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Wild Ass's Skin (La Comédie Humaine)
Avis d'utilisateur - Bran - GoodreadsIt's said that Freud read this in one sitting, and afterward decided more firmly in favor of his suicide. My goodness. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Wild Ass's Skin (La Comédie Humaine)
Avis d'utilisateur - Liz - GoodreadsDecent book, better title. Consulter l'avis complet
