Gargantua

Description:
Gargantua introduces Pantagruel's father - another wondrous giant. As he tells Gargantua's life story - from his birth and education to his later life - Rabelais uses the events of the giant's life to parody medieval and classical learning, mock traditional ecclesiastical authority, and proffer his own thoughts on humanism and society. Marked with the same warm humour, obsession with food, and scatological wit of Pantagruel, Gargantua is a further striking burlesque on Rabelais' contemporaries and a glorious outpouring of Renaissance plenitude.

Review:
''Andrew Brown creates a wholly credible, modern, reinvigorated Rabelais who still jumps off the page after more than 450 years' TLS, Feb 2004'

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Paul Bailey; Introduction; Gargantua; Notes; Biographical note

Author Biography:
Andrew Brown studied at the University of Cambridge, where he taught French for many years. He now works as a freelance teacher and translator. Paul Bailey has so far written eight novels, a memoir, a biography and edited several anthologies. He is also a frequent contributor to Radio and TV and works as a critic and reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement and other newspapers.