The Magic Skin: La Comédie Humaine: La Peau de Chagrin - Paperback

by Ellen Marriage (Translator), Honore De Balzac (Author)

Set in early 19th-century Paris, it tells the story of a young man who finds a magic piece of shagreen that fulfills his every desire. For each wish granted, however, the skin shrinks and consumes a portion of his physical energy.