Gargantua and Pantagruel Francois Rabelais

Name: Gargantua and Pantagruel By Francois Rabelais
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Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais

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Summary

Biting and bawdy, smart and smutty, lofty and low, Gargantua and Pantagruel is fantasy on the grandest of scales, told with an unquenchable thirst for all of human experience.

Gargantua and Pantagruel Summary

Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais

Rabelais's vigorous examination of the life of his times-from bizarre battles to great drinking bouts, from satire on religion and education to matter-of-fact descriptions of bodily functions and desires-is one of the great comic masterpieces of literature.

Gargantua and Pantagruel Reviews

[Raffel] has provided us with a classic work, restored to its original complexity, humor, and gusto. -- Library Journal
Raffel has done the impossible. . . . [He] has produced a text which is amazingly true to the meaning and the linguistic gusto of the original. -- Alain Renoir
Grand to see this new rendition of a work full of what life is all about and translated with an equal authenticity. -- J. P. Donleavy

About Francois Rabelais

Burton Raffel is Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Emeritus. He is the translator of many works, including Gargantua and Pantagruel (awarded the French-American Foundation Translation Prize), Pere Goriot, Beowulf, and the five romances of Chretien de Troyes.

Additional information

Sku

GOR007233835

ISBN 13

9780393308068

ISBN 10

0393308065

Title

Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais

Author

Francois Rabelais

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

WW Norton & Co

Year published

1992-06-15

Number of pages

636

Prizes

Winner of French-American Foundation Translation Prize 1991

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Note

This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us