| Gargantua and Pantagruel Contributor(s): Rabelais, Francois (Author), Screech, M. A. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0140445501 ISBN-13: 9780140445503 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Humorous - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1340 |
| Physical Information: 1.84" H x 5.14" W x 7.78" (1.60 lbs) 1104 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |