Shagren skin. Balzac O.D.

Honore de Balzac (1779-1850)-a classic of French literature, a critic and playwright, the founder of European realism. The novel “Shagrenic Skin” (1830) Balzac called the beginning of his creative path: he brought the writer the first recognition of the French public.

“Shagrene leather” - the story of the poor ambitious Rafael Valenten, whose life changed overnight after the acquisition of a magical talisman In the bench of the old antiquar. “Shagren leather” is “the formula of our current century, our life, our egoism,” said Honore de Balzac about his novel.

Will all the desires of the hero of the novel are old shagland skin and what will be required in return?! /p>