The Complete Maus: A Survivors Tale by Art Spiegelman


The Complete Maus: A Survivors Tale
Title : The Complete Maus: A Survivors Tale
Author :
Rating :
ISBN : 0679406417
ISBN-10 : 978-0679406419
Language : English
Format Type : Hardcover, Paperback
Number of Pages : 295 pages
Publication : Pantheon

The Pulitzer Prize winning tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitlers Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his fathers story. approaches the unspeakable through the diminutive. Its form, the cartoon (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), shocks us out of any lingering sense of familiarity and succeeds in drawing us closer to the bleak heart of the Holocaust (). is a haunting tale within a tale. Vladeks harrowing story of survival is woven into the authors account of his tortured relationship with his aging father. Against the backdrop of guilt brought by survival, they stage a normal life of small arguments and unhappy visits. This astonishing retelling of our centurys grisliest news is a story of survival, not only of Vladek but of the children who survive even the survivors. studies the bloody pawprints of history and tracks its meaning for all of us.

The Complete Maus: A Survivors Tale Reviews

  • narf c.

    Bought this because a) I've always meant to and b) there are idiot snowflakes actually banning it in schools where it should be literally taught in the curriculum. It's an amazing dive into the life of people who lived through the Holocaust and the effect of that on

  • Hui Guo

    This is a classic that the teacher recommended to me for my son. My son loves it.

  • alex

    education

  • Robert S.

    I ordered this book to counter its banning in Tennessee. It arrived I. Good time and I am now enjoying it.

  • Michael D.

    A beautiful telling of an epic story.

  • Amanda Mac Naughtan

    Maus was part of my high school required reading, it should be part of it again! Astonishing what has not been taught. I've looked for copies of this book or the set for close to 20 years now. Real soon, the world will not have our survivors or vets, or anyone that has

  • Wade A

    I had heard that this book was a must read and one of the greatest graphic books of all time. While the hype raised the bar a bit too far, this book was a splendid read. As I went along, the book was well done and the art was very nice and simple. The book had me feeling

  • Jackie

    Cartoons can do what words and photos by themselves cannot do, which is to make this terrible time easier to read and understand. A must to have!