Gargantua & Pantagruel - The Five Books
by Rabelais, Francois
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ashland, Oregon, United States
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Synopsis
A masterly new translation of Rabelaiss 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 Gargantuas bookish son who becomes a Renaissance Socrates, divinely guided by wisdom and by his idiotic, self-loving companion, Panurge.
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- Bookseller
- Take Five Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021529
- Title
- Gargantua & Pantagruel - The Five Books
- Author
- Rabelais, Francois
- Illustrator
- Ward, Lynd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- The Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Literature, Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Fiction;
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