The Wild Ass's Skin

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The Wild Ass's Skin is an 1831 philosophical novel by Honoré de Balzac that explores themes of desire, power, and self-destruction through a magical shrinking talisman that grants wishes at the cost of the owner's life.

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La Peau de chagrin alternateTitle The Wild Ass's Skin