The Legend of the Giants

Author: Rabelais
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: Rabelais's Gargantua and Pantagruel is a representative work of the ideological liberation movement against feudal theocracy during the French Renaissance, and is a "wonderful book full of giant spirit." The novel caused a sensation in France upon its release, gaining popularity among the general public, while also evoking panic and hatred from the ruling group and the Church. Rabelais published it under a pseudonym, though he escaped disaster, his publisher was burned alive by the Church. Translator Yang Songhe successfully translated this difficult and archaic French literary masterpiece with fluent and vivid prose, contributing to China's inheritance of excellent foreign cultural heritage.