Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel

“[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 r...