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dorthepedersen_reads's review against another edition
2.0
Altså, som udgangspunkt er denne serie af bøger fantastisk blot ved at have overlevet siden udgivelsen i 1500-tallet - og man får afgjort mest ud af læsningen, hvis man hele tiden har det historiske udgangspunkt in mente. Bøgerne er spækket med finurligheder og hylemorsomme fabler, historier og beskrivelser. Men side efter side og bog efter bog... det bliver for tyndt.
screen_memory's review against another edition
4.0
The world of Gargantua and Pantagruel is one of utter farce. Both men are giants who, upon their birth, kill their mother owing to their sheer size, and the world Alcofribas Nasier (an anagram and obvious self-insert of Francois Rabelais) details is similarly ridiculous.
Gargantua gives his father an extensive account of what environmental and structural features he has wiped his ass with; both Gargantua and Pantagruel defeat advancing armies by drowning them in a stream of piss; Alcofribas, having been accidentally swallowed by Pantagruel, discovers an entirely new world complete with its own sun in the firmament within his mouth; Pantagruel's companion, Panurge, spends an entire book lapsing between deciding to marry and deciding against marriage so he can't be made a cuckold; and lists of ingredients, animals, nicknames for a particular character, and other minutiae are columnized and span multiple pages.
The prose is energetic and lively, and, despite the archaic language from having been written in the 16th century, it is almost never a dull read (as long as one tends to quickly skim over the lists spanning multiple pages, or disregards them altogether).
Gargantua gives his father an extensive account of what environmental and structural features he has wiped his ass with; both Gargantua and Pantagruel defeat advancing armies by drowning them in a stream of piss; Alcofribas, having been accidentally swallowed by Pantagruel, discovers an entirely new world complete with its own sun in the firmament within his mouth; Pantagruel's companion, Panurge, spends an entire book lapsing between deciding to marry and deciding against marriage so he can't be made a cuckold; and lists of ingredients, animals, nicknames for a particular character, and other minutiae are columnized and span multiple pages.
The prose is energetic and lively, and, despite the archaic language from having been written in the 16th century, it is almost never a dull read (as long as one tends to quickly skim over the lists spanning multiple pages, or disregards them altogether).
emnaread2's review against another edition
1.0
idc if it's a satire, idc if it's a critique of the religious state in the 16th century, idc if its purpose consists in describing a humanistic and evangelical utopia, this book is shit.
booktrotting's review against another edition
dnf'd after 500 pages so I'm counting it as read- die mad. Was assigned Pantagruel, Gargantua and Third Book of Pantagruel for class.
lararararara's review against another edition
challenging
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, and Excrement
bookish_wanderer's review against another edition
3.0
I had to read this in high school for the Baccalaureat. I thought I would be bored by it, but it was interesting, and quite entertaining. Lots of informations about the lifestyle of the time, religion, education, politics ect... Some funny and crude chapters as well. A great book.