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A masterly new translation of Rabelais’s robust scatalogical comedy

Parodying everyone from classic authors to his own contemporaries, the dazzling and exuberant stories of Rabelais expose human follies with mischievous and often obscene humor. Gargantua depicts a young giant who becomes a cultured Christian knight. Pantagruel portrays Gargantua’s bookish son who becomes a Renaissance Socrates, divinely guided by wisdom and by his idiotic, self-loving companion, Panurge.

Gargantua and Pantagruel Penguin classics

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A Paperback / softback by Francois Rabelais, M. A. Screech, M. A. Screech

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    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 26/10/2006
    ISBN13: 9780140445503, 978-0140445503
    ISBN10: 0140445501
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    Fantasy Satire & Humour

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    A masterly new translation of Rabelais’s robust scatalogical comedy

    Parodying everyone from classic authors to his own contemporaries, the dazzling and exuberant stories of Rabelais expose human follies with mischievous and often obscene humor. Gargantua depicts a young giant who becomes a cultured Christian knight. Pantagruel portrays Gargantua’s bookish son who becomes a Renaissance Socrates, divinely guided by wisdom and by his idiotic, self-loving companion, Panurge.

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