The Wild Ass's Skin

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Review: The Wild Ass's Skin (La Comédie Humaine)

Avis d'utilisateur - Maria - Goodreads

This 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 - Marija - Goodreads

While it's certainly more sensational and attention getting, I don't like this literal translation of the title of Balzac's novel. The original title of the book is Le Peau de Chagrin. When ... Consulter l'avis complet

Review: The Wild Ass's Skin (La Comédie Humaine)

Avis d'utilisateur - John Issitt - Goodreads

This is a classic just one of the most wonderful stories that captures the essential predicament of the human condition Consulter l'avis complet

Review: The Wild Ass's Skin (La Comédie Humaine)

Avis d'utilisateur - TrumanCoyote - Goodreads

Pretty 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 - Goodreads

A 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 - Lisa - Goodreads

in the time I had to read it, and knowing little as to author and context, this is the best I could do. I'm sure I could like it a lot, but eh. Consulter l'avis complet

Review: The Wild Ass's Skin (La Comédie Humaine)

Avis d'utilisateur - Jason - Goodreads

Fortunes made and spent and made and spent, obsession, debauchery, Rastignac, and Bianchon--in other words The Wild Ass's Skin is classic Balzac. Which was not exactly what I expected, since I thought ... Consulter l'avis complet

Review: The Wild Ass's Skin (La Comédie Humaine)

Avis d'utilisateur - Artemis - Goodreads

Story about a guy who doesn't know what to do with his life...he sort of makes a pact with dark forces and his life is changed for ever...or should I say...a little while.. Consulter l'avis complet