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A review by annenikoline
Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais
2.0
"Gargantua" by François Rabelais toook me by surprise. When I was expecting an epic tale, I got av ery nasty one containing lots of faeces and pedophilia, how stealing cakes can star wars and how one can easily steal the bells of Notre Dame to hang on one's neck as jingles. Of course this is all written satiric.
Readers, friends, if you turn these pages put your prejudice aside, for, really, there's nothing here that's outrageous, nothing sick, or bad — or contagious. Not that I sit here glowing with pride for my book: all you'll find is laughter: that's all the glory my heart is after,seeing how sorrow eats you, defeats you. I'd rather write about laughing than crying, for laughter makes men human, and courageous.
Because of this the book is of course very entertaining with its wittiness and disgust, and even though I am not entirely sure for what purpose it served it was a light read. Things that bothered me was the long chapters about how Gargantua's schedule which is very detailed but without purpose. The author, François Rabelais, most likely wanted to criticize the well-educated or those who believe they have read everything and know everything by heart which does not seem likely.
Seeing how sorrow eats you, defeats you. I'd rather write about laughing than crying, for laughter makes men human, and courageous.
Readers, friends, if you turn these pages put your prejudice aside, for, really, there's nothing here that's outrageous, nothing sick, or bad — or contagious. Not that I sit here glowing with pride for my book: all you'll find is laughter: that's all the glory my heart is after,seeing how sorrow eats you, defeats you. I'd rather write about laughing than crying, for laughter makes men human, and courageous.
Because of this the book is of course very entertaining with its wittiness and disgust, and even though I am not entirely sure for what purpose it served it was a light read. Things that bothered me was the long chapters about how Gargantua's schedule which is very detailed but without purpose. The author, François Rabelais, most likely wanted to criticize the well-educated or those who believe they have read everything and know everything by heart which does not seem likely.
Seeing how sorrow eats you, defeats you. I'd rather write about laughing than crying, for laughter makes men human, and courageous.