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Gargantua and Pantagruel

Francois Rabelais author Burton Raffel translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:WW Norton & Co

Published:15th Jun '92

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Rabelais's vigorous examination of the life of his times-from bizarre battles to great drinking bouts, from satire on religion and education to matter-of-fact descriptions of bodily functions and desires-is one of the great comic masterpieces of literature.

"[Raffel] has provided us with a classic work, restored to its original complexity, humor, and gusto." -- Library Journal
"Raffel has done the impossible. . . . [He] has produced a text which is amazingly true to the meaning and the linguistic gusto of the original." -- Alain Renoir
"Grand to see this new rendition of a work full of what life is all about and translated with an equal authenticity." -- J. P. Donleavy

  • Winner of French-American Foundation Translation Prize 1991

ISBN: 9780393308068

Dimensions: 211mm x 140mm x 38mm

Weight: 800g

636 pages