num_pages: 807
description: The unfettered exuberance of Gargantua and Pantagruel , the storms of phenomenal life it offers for our inspection, the honor it gives to the deformed, the cloacal, and the profane aspects of existence are at the very heart of Rabelais' genius. But the author of this fantasia on the lives of a father-and-son pair of giants was one of the most magnificent and magnificently learned products of the Renaissance; and he also represents, as well as any of its other great figures, that era's love of the human body and its exaltation of the human in the face of the divine.(Book Jacket Not Jacketed)
language: English
title: Gargantua and Pantagruel
titlecomplete: Gargantua and Pantagruel
characters: Pantagruel, Poliphilo, Gargantua
genres: 16th Century, Philosophy, French Literature, Novels, Literature, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction, Humor, France
ratings_count: 15009
series: Gargantua and Pantagruel
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Премія «Сковорода»
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.