Shagren skin (MP3 audiobook)

Shagrenic leather is the philosophical novel of the famous French writer Honore de Balzac from the cycle "Human Comedy".
The main character, the young aristocrat Rafael de Valentena, left without a single su in his pocket, decides to take scores with life. Aimlessly wandering through the streets of Paris, he wanders into the old man"s shop, where the old -fashioned old man offers him a magic talisman - a rally of Shadman, which is able to fulfill any desire. But with each desire fulfilled, the magical piece of skin is inexorably reduced in size, reducing the life of its owner ...
According to the author himself, everything is in this novel "Myth and Symbol". Even its name cannot be translated unambiguously: the French word chagrin means not only "shagrin - skin variety", but also "sadness, grief".

The total sound time: 12 hours 24 minutes