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Original Title:	Gargantua: La vie très horrifique du grand Gargantua, père de Pantagruel
ISBN:	1843910578 (ISBN13: 9781843910572)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Gargantua and Pantagruel #2
Characters:	Gargantua

Gargantua (Gargantua and Pantagruel #2)

François Rabelais

Paperback | Pages: 176 pages

Rating: 3.48 | 2797 Users | 92 Reviews

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Title	:	Gargantua (Gargantua and Pantagruel #2)
Author	:	François Rabelais
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 176 pages
Published	:	November 1st 2003 by Hesperus Press (first published 1534)
Categories	:	Classics. Cultural. France. Fiction. Academic. School. European Literature. French Literature

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As a companion volume to Pantagruel, this new edition of Gargantua continues Rabelais’ acclaimed fantasy of a mythical family of giants. Gargantua introduces Pantagruel’s father—another wondrous giant. As he tells Gargantua’s life story from his birth and education to his later life, Rabelais uses the events of the giant’s life to parody medieval and classical learning, mock traditional ecclesiastical authority, and proffer his own thoughts on humanism and society. Marked with the same warm humor, obsession with food, and scatological wit of Pantagruel, Gargantua is a further striking burlesque on Rabelais’ contemporaries and a glorious outpouring of Renaissance plenitude.

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When I started to read the book, I was surprised to see that the book isn't like it was written in the 16th century at all. It is adaptable to all ages and its absurdity was funny in the 16th century, and it is funny in the 21st century as well.

Likely the best 16th century French novel I've ever read. Naughty and bawdy and laugh out loud filthy.

Early example of the "difficult second novel" dating from 1534! Disappointingly flat/serious/dull after the perkier playful anarchic nonsense of Pantagruel. Couple of fun chapters just about keep it up to 2 stars.

One of the books my teacher had us read in the hope of waking interest in literature. A bit of "look how quirky and entertaining classics can be!". It did not work all the way I think, even if I think the dirty humor and rowdy characters and proceedings did make a few more classmates actually finish an assigned one. My own later perspective is that the story falls over into the silly kind of slap-stick for me. But you always take something away from reading a classic.

This is a strange and random comic novel, similar to The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, which it inspired. Although Rabelais wrote this after Pantagruel, it is a prequel, describing the origins of Pantagruel's father Gargantua.My French is not good enough to discuss Andrew Brown's translation, but it seemed to me excellent; written in language as fresh and modern as Rabelais' would have been to his original audience. Gargantua's life is a boisterous, and salacious tale that wanders all

Gargantua was printed and edited first in 1534-1535, (printing had just been invented,)Pantagruel, son of Gargantua, was published first in 1532. By François Rabelais, 1495 ?- 1553 (America had just been discovered,)To make any sense of the works of Rabelais, we must take into account the historical environment of his time:Religious inquisitions could and still did lead to accusation of heresy, the convicted would be burned alive in public.Braving these dangers, Rabelais whirled up a literary

Puerile, scatological, offensive, disorganized, graceless filth. No redeeming qualities, given our choices in the 21stC. Maybe it was interesting to people back then (1532), before Cervantes, Shakespeare, Marivaux, Prevost, Goethe, etc. I abandoned the reading after less than 1/4 of book. Strongly dis-recommended. [need negative stars for rating]Read in original French.