FTP, name this work in five books written in the 16th century, which chronicles the adventures of two giants and which was written by Fran?is Rabelais.
The preface to one book of this work features a story about a peasant who loses his hatchet and annoys Jupiter with his loud prayers for its return.  The preface to another book discusses the siege of Corinth, at which Diogenes thrashed his tub so as not to seem idle.  In its first book, a war breaks out after some bakers from Lern?refuse to sell cakes to some shepherds, after which the Abbey of Th??e is built for a friar who contributed to the war effort.  The island of Ruach and Condemnation Island are visited in a later book, in which Friar John and one of the title characters goes in search of the Oracle of the Holy Bottle along with Panurge.  FTP, name this work in five books written in the 16th century, which chronicles the adventures of two giants and which was written by Fran?is Rabelais.
The preface to one book of this work features a story about a peasant who loses his hatchet and annoys Jupiter with his loud prayers for its return.  
Gargantua and Pantagruel (or The Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel)