In nearly fifty years of existence, the “Bouquins” collection has carved out a unique place for itself in the publishing world: combining intellectual rigor with freedom of tone and approach, it tirelessly explores all fields of knowledge and creation, often going against the grain of official trends or institutional biases. The chapter that opens today with the launch of “Les Singuliers” aims to further explore this path of curiosity and audacity. Born out of a desire to shed new light on the exceptional “Bouquins” collection and make it available to a new audience, “Les Singuliers” aims to explore the hundreds of thousands of pages published in “Bouquins,” where countless treasures lie, sometimes forgotten, to retain what has always made it successful: little-known classics, unpublished historical or literary essays, critical apparatus of unparalleled richness…
Among the first titles to be published in October, this Pantagruel offers readers Rabelais in what is undoubtedly the most complete, up-to-date, and comprehensive critical edition. Taken from the volume Tout Rabelais, published in 2022 in the “Bouquins” collection, it presents the text in its original version alongside a translation into contemporary French informed by the latest research. A set of detailed and rigorous notes, while remaining accessible, completes this work, making it an indispensable tool for students but also, more broadly, the ideal gateway for any reader curious to discover this unforgettable celebration of language.
This volume contains: Pantagruel (text introduced, edited, and annotated by Nicolas Le Cadet; translated by Myriam Marrache-Gouraud); Pantagrueline Prognostication (text introduced, edited, translated, and annotated by Claude La Charité).
Other “Singuliers” to be published in October: Pierre Louÿs, Poésie érotique; Le Roi Arthur et la Table ronde. Récits du Moyen Âge; Olivier Saillard, Une histoire de la mode.
