Gargantua and Pantagruel
FIVE NOVELS BY FRANÇOIS RABELAIS
Gargantua; Ruach (island); Medamothi; Pantagruelian; Friar John; Gargantua and pantagruel; The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel; La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel; Pantagruelism; Gargantua And Pantagruel; Gargantua & Pantagruel; Garagantua; Pandagruel; Third Book of Pantagruel; The Third Book of Pantagruel; Fourth Book of Pantagruel; The Fourth Book of Pantagruel; Fifth Book of Pantagruel; The Fifth Book of Pantagruel; Pantagruel
The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel () is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais, telling the adventures of two giants, Gargantua ( , ) and his son Pantagruel ( , ). The work is written in an amusing, extravagant, and satirical vein, features much erudition, vulgarity, and wordplay, and is regularly compared with the works of William Shakespeare and James Joyce.