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| Title | : | Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus #1) |
| Author | : | Art Spiegelman |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 159 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 1991 by Pantheon Books (first published August 12th 1985) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Comics. History. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. World War II. Holocaust. Biography |
Art Spiegelman
Hardcover | Pages: 159 pages Rating: 4.34 | 238629 Users | 5952 Reviews
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I am extremely moved by this book, it is as relevant and important today as it was when it was first published over 30 years ago, possibly even more so. Maus tells the story of Vladek Spielgeman, a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust. His son, Art Spiegelman, is an illustrator and wants to write the story of his father's experiences during World War II. The story is also of Art himself, the interviews and relationship with his father. The story alternates between the present day interviews and shifts into the past through Vladek's recollections. The illustrations are straightforward and in a black-and-white style. I highly recommend this book, it is a powerful and emotional story. I am starting the second volume right away. FINAL NOTE: below is what I found to be one of the most powerful scenes in the book.
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| Original Title: | Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History |
| ISBN: | 0394541553 (ISBN13: 9780394541556) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Maus #1 |
| Characters: | Vladek Spiegelman, Anja Spiegelman, Art Spiegelman, Mala Spiegelman |
| Setting: | New York City, New York(United States) Poland Auschwitz-Birkenau(Poland) |
| Literary Awards: | Pulitzer Prize for Letters Award (1992), Prix du Festival d'Angoulême for Alfred du meilleur album étranger (1988), Urhunden Prize for Foreign Album (1988), National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Biography/Autobiography (1986) |
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This is such an important and emotional story that brings a new dynamic to the well-documented World War 2 stories of the incarceration and mistreatment of the Jews, at the hands of the Nazi soldiers. As Spiegelman himself explains in the introduction, he wanted to bring meaning back to the stories that had lost all of their horror due to their notoriety. This story would be a powerful one in any format, but the short speech, the simplistic and yet powerful illustrations, the shift between pastThe story of a Jew's survival. Jews as depicted as mice and Germans as cats. A poignant story; really good, the character Vladek (the survivor): can you imagine him on a German prisoners camp, a freezing Autumn, birds falling from trees due to cold...and Vladek taking a shower at the river: to stay clean and warmy the day onward? or his wife (a mice too) complaining about rats!?...True facts underly the story.
It just didn't do what I wanted.I had high expectations, my friends, I had high expectations. That might not be fair, but there you go.My biggest problem was the misused animals. The book is called Maus. The characters are mice and cats and pigs. BUT NONE OF THEM ACT LIKE MICE OR CATS OR PIGS. WHATS THE POINT? In conversation with my friend Barry* it came up that "It's just cats chasing mice. That's the extent of the metaphor." He disagrees, on the whole.. he actually quite enjoyed this (we're
There has always been a debate about the impact and importance of cartoons and comic books. The debate pretty much boils down to the misconception that comic books simply tell adventure stories. This misconception irgnores several importnat things, the most important is that all fiction has its highs and lows. In literature, for instance, you have Austen and Twain, and then there is Radcliffe, who while a good writer, simply tells a story. This misconception is true of some comics, as it would
So so sad. What a truly shameful part of our history the Holocaust was. To think that a group of people would be treated so abysmally for no good reason just hurts my heart. Despite the fact that this was a graphic novel that had the characters portrayed as mice (Jews), pigs(Poles) and cats (Germans), it did not lessen the disgust I had against the Nazi system that condoned, encouraged and justified this mistreatment of Jewish people; Jews were given curfews, forced to wear armbands, forced to
Read for the 2015 Reading Challenge: #40 A graphic novel. A very realistic story. Not just for the Nazi information but the personal story of the authors father. He didnt ease off anything, not their relationship, not with his fathers thoughts and that gives the story a special detail. The novel is very direct and powerful, and the characters portrayed by animals (mice, cats, pigs) sound very human. You might not found that much of new information if you are a WWII hardcore reader or viewer but
When I switched my major to English in my senior year, I had a lot of back classes to take, especially intro classes with freshmen and sophmores, though my last intro class was a night class with primarily older women, who worked full time jobs in Edison or the Amboys and a bushel of kids waiting at home. Basically, they were there to learn more about literature, sort of as a self-improvement class for the non-literary. The class was taught by a flame hair TA, who had the personality to match.
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