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The Wild Ass´s Skin
Honor^d´e de Balzac
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Description for The Wild Ass´s Skin
Paperback. 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. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 206.
'Who possesses me will possess all things, But his life will belong to me...' Raphael de Valentin, a young aristocrat, has lost all his money in the gaming parlours of the Palais Royal in Paris, and contemplates ending his life by throwing himself into the Seine. He is distracted by the bizarre array of objects in a chaotic antique shop, among them a strange animal skin, a piece of shagreen with magical properties. It will grant its possessor his every wish, but each time a wish is bestowed the skin shrinks, hastening its owner's death. Around this fantastic premise ... Read more
'Who possesses me will possess all things, But his life will belong to me...' Raphael de Valentin, a young aristocrat, has lost all his money in the gaming parlours of the Palais Royal in Paris, and contemplates ending his life by throwing himself into the Seine. He is distracted by the bizarre array of objects in a chaotic antique shop, among them a strange animal skin, a piece of shagreen with magical properties. It will grant its possessor his every wish, but each time a wish is bestowed the skin shrinks, hastening its owner's death. Around this fantastic premise ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199579501
SKU
V9780199579501
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About Honor^d´e de Balzac
Helen Constantine taught languages in schools before becoming a full-time translator. She has published three volumes of translated stories for OUP, Paris Tales, French Tales, and Paris Metro Tales. She has translated Gautier's Mademoiselle de Maupin and Laclos' Dangerous Liaisons for Penguin, and with her husband David Constantine, edits the international magazine Modern Poetry in Translation. Patrick Coleman's books ... Read more
Reviews for The Wild Ass´s Skin
The novel has been elegantly translated by Helen Constantine, who is both faithful and creative
Nicholas White, Times Literary Supplement
A model of its kind
Nineteenth-Century French Studies
Nicholas White, Times Literary Supplement
A model of its kind
Nineteenth-Century French Studies