Download or read book The Wild Ass's Skin written by Honoré de Balzac and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1977-06-30 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.