A review by omnibozo22
Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

3.0

Finally. The series was a significant slog. Fortunately Book Five had mostly short chapters of the repetitious rants that characterized the entire series. The Screech translation injects many British English idiomatic phrases without exact equals in sixteenth century French. Can't recall an exact example, as I'm still recovering from the onslaught of babble. It appears the Cervantes did not know of Rabelais, or at least no references to him appear in the notes on Don Quixote. Joyce was clearly familiar with G&P, especially in the form of endless lists to fit any topic that popped up. The "first" book, Gargantua, would probably be enough reading for anyone wanting to just have a taste of Rabelais. Glad i've read the series. Unlikely to ever revisit it.