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The Magic skin

"The possession of power, no matter how enormous, does not bring the knowledge how to use it". Raphael, a failed writer, deep in debt, and unrequited in love, is about to take a suicidal plunge into the Seine River. Just in time, he discovers the "Magic Skin" in an antiquity shop. Its supernatural powers grant every wish but it extracts a terrible toll! This parable depicts the malaise of 19th century France.

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  • ""The possession of power, no matter how enormous, does not bring the knowledge how to use it". Raphael, a failed writer, deep in debt, and unrequited in love, is about to take a suicidal plunge into the Seine River. Just in time, he discovers the "Magic Skin" in an antiquity shop. Its supernatural powers grant every wish but it extracts a terrible toll! This parable depicts the malaise of 19th century France."@en
  • ""The possession of power, no matter how enormous, does not bring the knowledge how to use it."Raphael, a failed writer, finds himself deep in debt and unrequited in love, so he decides to take a suicidal plunge into the Seine River. Before he can, however, he discovers a magic leather skin in an antiquity shop. Its supernatural powers grant him his every wish, but it extracts a terrible toll! This parable depicts the malaise of nineteenth-century France."@en
  • "Honoré de Balzac, who is generally regarded as a founding father of realism in European fiction, first entered the mainstream with The Magic Skin, a fable-like tale delineating the excesses and vanities of contemporary life."@en
  • "A poor writer is given a skin that will satisfy his every wish but with every wish the skin grows smaller until finally the man and his magic skin vanish."@en
  • "Raphael is a failed writer in 19th century France who is deeply in debt and unrequited in love. Before he can drown himself in the Seine River, he disovers a "magic skin" in an antiquity shop with supernatural powers that can grant every wish, but extracts a terrible toll."@en

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  • "Fantasy fiction"@en
  • "Children's audiobooks"@en
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  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Downloadable audiobooks"@en
  • "Fantasy fiction, French"@en

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  • "The Magic skin"@en
  • "The magic skin"@en

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