Donkey Skin
by H
About This Novel
"The Story of Donkey Skin" is one of Balzac's top ten classics. Human desires are like a piece of donkey skin. The more desires we have, the less life we have! Observe the various aspects of life with a smile and read all the customs of the world! "Donkey Skin" is Balzac's first full-length philosophical novel. The novel ingeniously uses a donkey skin to symbolize the contradiction between human desires and life, and uses this to summarize his life experience and philosophical thinking. It tells the story of Valentine, a young man from an aristocratic background who went bankrupt and threw himself into the social scene. When he was desperate, he was about to commit suicide by drowning when an antique dealer gave him a magical donkey skin. This donkey skin can fulfill any of his wishes, whether they are good or evil thoughts, but once the wish is realized, the donkey skin will immediately shrink and his life span will be shortened.
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