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Item Details
Title:
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PANTAGRUEL
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By: |
Francois Rabelais, Andrew Brown (Trans), Doris Lessing (Foreword) |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£6.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
184391056X |
ISBN 13: |
9781843910565 |
Publisher: |
HESPERUS PRESS LTD |
Pub. date: |
31 October, 2003 |
Series: |
Hesperus Classics |
Pages: |
112 |
Translated from: |
French |
Synopsis: |
Francois Rabelais holds a unique place in the history of world literature, and no more so than for his extraordinary satirical entertainment Gargantua and Pantagruel. Here the first of these volumes - Pantagruel - is presented in a new and lively translation. Pantagruel recounts the life a popular giant. From his portentous birth and colourful childhood, to his visit to Paris and his travels through Utopia, and not withstanding his enormous appetite, Pantagruel's history is told with a breathtaking degree of gaiety and wit. Ingeniously coining new expressions, and with an unashamed obsession with bodily functions, Rabelais blends prose and poetry, the sacred and profound, to offer a heady satire of the religious society of his day. The result is a bawdy and brilliant celebration of life. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Hesperus Press Ltd |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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