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  • Published: 1 November 1977
  • ISBN: 9780140443301
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $32.99

The Wild Ass's Skin




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.

  • Published: 1 November 1977
  • ISBN: 9780140443301
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $32.99

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