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The Legend of Giants (set of Volumes 1 and 2) (collection of Translated Classics)

(french) Rabelais

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Rabelais was an outstanding French novelist in the sixteenth century. "Giant" is a masterpiece that he devoted his whole life to. This is a satirical novel, with five parts in total, telling the miraculous deeds of two giant kings, Gao Canda and his son Pantagruel: Gao Canda's extraordinary birth; Pantagruel's adventures when he was studying in Paris; Pantagruel and Gao Canda's discussion of marriage issues; Pantagruel traveling across the ocean to search for the source of wisdom - the "Vase of God", and finally getting his wish.