- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: O Books (26 Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1846940591
- ISBN-13: 978-1846940590
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,536,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Francois Rabelais (1494-1553) was a French writer whose comic masterpiece, "Gargantua", is one of the most influential works in the Western literary canon. "Gargantua Now" is a version for today's world. Both a parody and a riddling comedy, it is a story of magical reality, starting with the birth and education of the giant Gargantua and ending as a philosophical and psychological commentary on existence. It asks; what is wisdom? And points to the truth beyond labels.
About the Author
Rabelaise has been a healer and coach for the last 21 years. She lives in Kent with her three children, runs a meditation group, has set up a charity, organizes regular workshops at an international level and writes books. One wintry night, she sat bolt upright in bed knowing she had to rewrite 'Gargantua'. The idea has been burgeoning ever since.
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Format:Paperback
My daughter and I started to read this book in the dentist's surgery, the other patients did not know what had hit them, riotous laughter bursting out all over the place. Since then I have gone on reading and it only gets better, subtler too, how to deal with an age of chaos, can I be the one to lead all beings to liberation/enlightenment? are some of the questions invoked in passing. Have not finished the book at time of writing, lost my daughter 'en route' to the BFG by another well-known author. Lots of giants running round our house at the moment. Can thoroughly recommend it, great read! Also, knowing nothing about Rabelais or Pantagruel before, would now be tempted to read more...WELL DONE!
Format:Paperback
(This review was written by my mother Mary Essinger who rated the book as four stars.)
'Over Christmas I picked up Gargantua and was enchanted.
It's kids' stuff for grownups with something fresh and quirky on every page,
fun with words, e.g.Mr Played Safe Until Today, fun with lists and dada di dada
yet the writer makes serious observations on the way we live now.
No fuddyduddies should buy it.'
'Over Christmas I picked up Gargantua and was enchanted.
It's kids' stuff for grownups with something fresh and quirky on every page,
fun with words, e.g.Mr Played Safe Until Today, fun with lists and dada di dada
yet the writer makes serious observations on the way we live now.
No fuddyduddies should buy it.'
Format:Paperback
It is such an amazing, funny and clever book, that I can summarize it in woh. It is really rabelaisgue - the fusion of high and low humor, the combination unrealistic and realistic elements, It is a real grotesque according to Bakhtin (and I mean it as a compliment).
It is really true to the sprit of Rabelais, yet so modern, and look like what would have been written if Rabelais would live today.
It is really true to the sprit of Rabelais, yet so modern, and look like what would have been written if Rabelais would live today.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Really ready for the NOW
Please don't try and read this wonderfully quirky book with an intellectual mind set for it is in no way a serious book. Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2007 by B. A. Venn-lever
Higher, faster, bigger... Gargantua is so very now!
Rock'n'Roll, Baby! This is what a contemporary interpretation of a classic is all about: Sucking the essence out of the old pulp and whipping up a new juicy dimension. Read more
Published on 22 Nov 2007 by Edda Venusia Jones
"Gargantua Now" by Rabelaise~ magical jewel in a lotus
Love the book! Which i read in a day and a bit ~ a real 'can't put down' read! Reminding us how easily (most of us) become stuck in frozen ideas and beliefs of who we think we are,... Read more
Published on 22 Nov 2007 by Paul Jones
Ribald comedy with underlying teaching
A ribald kaleidoscopic collage and commentary a la Rabelais on contemporary life, societal values and mores. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2007 by B. E. Mayne
Harry Potter for adults
This is a Harry Potter for adults. I particularly liked "100 reasons why a gentlemen does not contact a lady": it stays with me- it is so true.
Published on 13 Oct 2007 by India Latham
Rollercoaster reflections
I love this thought-provoking comedy. Buried (but not too thickly disquised) within this rolling magical tale, there are opportunities at every turn for you to stop and think... Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2007 by YogaSally
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