by François Rabelais · tapa dura · ISBN 9788440214706
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«Gargantúa y Pantagruel» is the satirical novel by François Rabelais, published by Ediciones Orbis in hardback in 1994 (334 pages, in Spanish).
The work follows the humorous and grotesque adventures of two giants, father and son, in a story overflowing with the Renaissance. With irony and an exuberant style, Rabelais laughs at the institutions of his time and offers a critical and provocative view of society, politics, and religion.
The edition is part of the Clásicos de la Literatura Universal collection.
For readers who enjoy satire and classic Renaissance literature.
François Rabelais was a French writer who has been called the first great French prose author. A humanist of the French Renaissance and Greek scholar, he attracted opposition from both Protestant theologian John Calvin and from the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Though in his day he was best known as a physician, scholar, diplomat, and Catholic priest, later he became better known as a satirist for his depictions of the grotesque, and for his larger-than-life characters.
