The Life of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by Francois Rabelais. It is the story of two giants, a father (Gargantua) and his son (Pantagruel) and their adventures, written in an amusing, extravagant, satirical vein. The text features much crudity, scatological humor, and violence. Lists of explicit or vulgar insults fill several chapters. The censors of the Sorbonne stigmatized it as obscene, and in a social climate of increasing religious oppression, it was dealt with suspicion, and contemporaries avoided mentioning it.According to Rabelais, the philosophy of his giant Pantagruel, "Pantagruelism", is rooted in "a certain gaiety of mind pickled in the scorn of fortuitous things"
- ISBN10 3732666298
- ISBN13 9783732666294
- Publish Date 4 April 2018 (first published 28 June 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Outlook Verlag
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 1108
- Language English