A riotous Renaissance satire, Gargantua and Pantagruel follows the larger-than-life adventures of two extraordinary giants as they roam a world crowded with scholars, monks, warriors, and fools. Blending broad comedy, earthy humor, and playful erudition, François Rabelais turns language itself into a feast, skewering pretension, dogma, and the absurdities of human society with exuberant wit.