François Rabelais

"Pantagruel" est un livre écrit par François Rabelais au XVIe siècle et publié en 1532. L'histoire suit les aventures du géant Pantagruel, fils de Gargantua, alors qu'il voyage avec ses amis à la recherche de la vérité et de la sagesse. Le roman est un mélange de satire sociale, de comédie et de réflexion philosophique, avec un style d'écriture caractéristique de Rabelais qui inclut des calembours et des jeux de mots. Le livre est considéré...

Most noble and illustrious drinkers, thus begins Gargantua and Panatgruel, a grotesque and carnivalesque collection of exuberant, fantastical stories that take us from the ancient world through to the European Renaissance. At the heart of these tall tales are the giant Gargantua and his equally seismic son Pantagruel. Magical adventures, maniacal punning, slapstick humor, erudite allusions and just about any bodily function one can think of, here...

An elaborate parody written by the French Renaissance humanist, writer, Greek scholar, and physician Francois Rabelais, "Gargantua and Pantagruel" is a comic blend of energetic realism and carnival fantasy. First published in1532, "Gargantua and Pantagruel" relates the fantastical tales of its titular characters, Gargantua, a giant who becomes a sophisticated and cultured Christian knight, and his son Pantagruel, also a giant, who grows into a learned...

"[A] comic masterpiece . . . [Rabelais] wants, like any real writer, to explain the whole world to us-comically, satirically, ethically and unethically." -The Guardian Written in the sixteenth century, this pentalogy of novels follows the heroic adventures of the giant Pantagruel, son of Gargantua. Bawdy, irreverent, and even downright obscene, this Renaissance tour de force celebrates earthly realism over the divine, while elevating satire...