by Michel Ragon · Distribooks Inc · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253139652
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«Le Roman de Rabelais» is Michel Ragon's biographical novel, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (184 pages, in French).
The novel recreates the life of François Rabelais, from Franciscan monk to renowned physician, and shows him as a bold and bawdy writer, admired by Francis I and censored by the Sorbonne. Michel Ragon portrays a human, lucid and disillusioned Rabelais, whose laughter defied the powerful.
Winner of the Prix Maison de la Presse in 1994. Number 13965 in the Le Livre de Poche collection.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and biographies, especially those interested in the French Renaissance and the figure of Rabelais.
Michel Ragon was a French art and literature critic and writer. His primary focus was on anarchic and libertarian literature.
