by François Rabelais, Marie-Madeleine Fragonard · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266085816
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«Pantagruel» is the novel by François Rabelais, edited by Marie-Madeleine Fragonard, published by Pocket in paperback (363 pages, in French).
The story follows the giant Pantagruel and his companion Panurge in a tale full of humour and satire: the protagonist grows up, is educated, travels and takes part in wars, while the narrative parodies institutions and customs. Among its themes are education, religion and the human condition, with an irony characteristic of the French Renaissance.
Work originally published in 1532; this 1999 edition belongs to the Classiques de Pocket collection and includes the complete text and a section of keys to the work.
Useful for students of French literature and for readers of Renaissance classics who want an edition with supporting material.
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.
