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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History Paperback – Deckle Edge, August 12, 1986

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The bestselling first installment of the graphic novel acclaimed as “the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust” (Wall Street Journal) and “the first masterpiece in comic book history” (The New Yorker) • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • One of Variety’s “Banned and Challenged Books Everyone Should Read”

A brutally moving work of art—widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written—Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author’s father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats.

Maus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the author’s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history's most unspeakable tragedies. It is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma.

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the first and only pulitzer prize winning graphic novel


	Breakdowns	The Complete Maus	In the Shadow of No Towers	The Wild Party	Maus Now

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	This legendary 1978 collection of comics by Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the best-selling Maus, presents the seminal early works that changed how comics are made and appreciated today—now with a new Afterword by the author.	The definitive edition of the Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel, containing parts I and II in one stunning volume—one of Variety’s “Banned and Challenged Books Everyone Should Read”	For the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Maus, the terrorist attacks of September 11th were both highly personal and intensely political. In the Shadow of No Towers is a masterful and moving account of the events and aftermath of that tragic day.	Art Spiegelman's sinister and witty black-and-white drawings give charged new life to Joseph Moncure March's The Wild Party, a lost classic from 1928.	Illustrated with images from Spiegelman’s Maus, Maus Now includes work from 21 critics, authors, and academics—including Philip Pullman, Robert Storr, Ruth Franklin, and Adam Gopnik—on the achievement and innovation of Maus.

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YA Told with chilling realism in an unusual comic-book format, this is more than a tale of surviving the Holocaust. Spiegelman relates the effect of those events on the survivors' later years and upon the lives of the following generation. Each scene opens at the elder Spiegelman's home in Rego Park, N.Y. Art, who was born after the war, is visiting his father, Vladek, to record his experiences in Nazi-occupied Poland. The Nazis, portrayed as cats, gradually introduce increasingly repressive measures, until the Jews, drawn as mice, are systematically hunted and herded toward the Final Solution. Vladek saves himself and his wife by a combination of luck and wits, all the time enduring the torment of hunted outcast. The other theme of this book is Art's troubled adjustment to life as he, too, bears the burden of his parents' experiences. This is a complex book. It relates events which young adults, as the future architects of society, must confront, and their interest is sure to be caught by the skillful graphics and suspenseful unfolding of the story. Rita G. Keeler, St. John's School , Houston
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“Maus is a book that cannot be put down, truly, even to sleep. When two of the mice speak of love, you are moved, when they suffer, you weep. Slowly through this little tale comprised of suffering, humor and life's daily trials, you are captivated by the language of an old Eastern European family, and drawn into the gentle and mesmerizing rhythm, and when you finish Maus, you are unhappy to have left that magical world.” —Umberto Eco

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"Maus is a book that cannot be put down, truly, even to sleep. When two of the mice speak of love, you are moved, when they suffer, you weep. Slowly through this little tale comprised of suffering, humor and life's daily trials, you are captivated by the language of an old Eastern European family, and drawn into the gentle and mesmerizing rhythm, and when you finish Maus, you are unhappy to have left that magical world."--Umberto Eco

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A story of a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe and his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father's story and history itself.

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A story of a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe and his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father's story and history itself.

About the Author

ART SPIEGELMAN is one of the world’s most admired and beloved comic artists, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning Holocaust narrative, Maus. Born in Stockholm in 1948, Spiegelman began studying cartooning in high school and drawing professionally at age sixteen. He studied art and philosophy at Harpur College before joining the underground comics movement in the 1960s. Spiegelman taught history and the aesthetics of comics at the School of Visual Arts in New York from 1979 to 1986, and in 1980 he founded RAW, the acclaimed avant-garde comics magazine, with his wife, Françoise Mouly. Honors Spiegelman has received include induction into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame and the Art Director’s Club Hall of Fame. In 2005, he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. He was made an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2007, and in 2011 he was awarded the Grand Prix at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. In 2015, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2018 he became the first comic artist to receive the Edward MacDowell Medal. His art has been exhibited at museums throughout the world, including the Pompidou Center in Paris, the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Jewish Museum in New York City, and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pantheon (August 12, 1986)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0394747232
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0394747231
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ NP
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.56 x 0.46 x 9.13 inches

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- #30 in World War II History (Books)
- #227 in Memoirs (Books)

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Gary Mauser

Heartwrenching stories - buy this book!

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2024

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The presentation is easy to follow and makes the heart-rending story of Nazi genocide of the Jews comprehensible for modern readers. Although after the atrocities of the Hamas led pogrom of October 2023, it's no longer inconceivable that Nazi Germany would have done the same thing. Jews are forced to decide what to do about such imposed sufferings: ignore the past and make every effort to live well, devote oneself to collective security to ensure such atrocities never happen again, or like Israel: defend oneself by fighting back. A difficult decision.

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DACHokie

Oddly Effective and Emotional Presentation …

Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2015

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I made the “mistake” of purchasing Maus II over 20 years ago (simply because the bookstore didn’t have the first volume). Regardless, I found the comic book presentation of the Holocaust surprisingly effective in generating such an emotional read. It took a while, but seeing Maus II sitting on a book shelf without it preceding volume finally bothered me enough to get MAUS – MY FATHER BLEEDS HISTORY. While the second volume (MAUS II) stands fine on its own, MAUS certainly serves as the glue that holds the entire story together.

For the most part, I’m am not a fan of comic books, but Art Spiegelman’s art captivated me at an early age. Spiegelman is one of the original artists that contributed to my first childhood passion: Wacky Packages (trading cards/stickers that satirized common household products). While I didn’t initially connect the dots between the 70s fad and Holocaust-themed comic book, I now see the way Spiegelman attracts me to his work. There is a subtle complexity to his rather simple drawings that made reading MAUS both thought-provoking and memorable.

I found MAUS to be two stories presented as one. The main storyline is the story of his father Vladeck’s plight as a Jew living in Poland before and during World War II (just before he and his wife Anja are sent to Auschwitz). The second storyline is about the author’s relationship with his father, which is revealed as the son presses his father to talk about surviving the Holocaust. While the story of Spiegelman’s parents is certainly compelling, the metaphorical manner in which it is illustrated is what sticks. Spiegelman uses animals to represent groups/races of people in a way that reminds me of Orwell’s “Animal Farm”. Jews are presented as mice … meek pests/vermin that are easy to kill. Nazis/Germans are depicted as rather vicious cats (that kill the vermin) and Poles are shown as pigs (perhaps a reference to the fact that many Poles betrayed Jews in their country to the Nazis … in other words, swine). I found graphic metaphors ingenious as they add a significant emotional tone to the story being told. The Holocaust storyline comprises the bulk of the book’s illustrations with the father/son moments serving as bridges in between events. As we come to understand the suffering of Spiegelman’s parents, we learn that his mother (Anja) killed herself in 1968, leaving a large void in his life. There is an obvious yearning for Spiegelman to learn more about his mother through his father, yet the task proves to be challenging.

On the surface, the concept of a Holocaust-related “comic book” seems awkward, but I found MAUS to be a magnificent and poignant read. It is also hard to put down … I read the entire book without stopping in short order. I would highly recommend MAUS (and MAUS II, for that matter) for providing a provocatively unique perspective of the Holocaust. This series intrigued me enough to pick up a copy of “MetaMaus”, which meticulously (and exhaustively) explores the author’s motive for MAUS/MAUS II, as well as detailing more of his parents’ lives.

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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2024

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CHILLING AND CALMING! NOT A GRUESOME READ.

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2024

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This book is an easy read. It transitions from past life tragedies in the holocaust to real time calmness In his present day. I love reading more about the lifestyle that they experience in these times when money has almost no bounds and food and gold is all people really care about. How people will deceive you and trade with you all to save their own life. Shows how relationships built will only help you when the time comes. Breathe taking depiction and great read. IF YOUR LOOKING FOR SOMETHING GRUESOME THIS IS NOT IT. WATCH VIDEO.

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Hate to say it but I was looking for more tragic stories. What he went through was tragic but I feel this depiction is rated E for everyone. I wanted to read about aushwitz and how people survived but it's mentioned in the book. Not guesomely mentioned. Great book and shows life of people on the run. WATCH VIDEO.

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C. Wong

Everyone Needs To Read This Book!

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2022

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This book should never be banned. Now, I want to read why it was banned! I have read many books about the Holocaust but I am extremely impressed by this one. Not only did you have to worry about be caught and killed by the Nazis, but you had to be very careful about who you trusted. It was so easy to be betrayed by your friends and relatives. Trust was extremely precious and risky. This situation is evident in this graphic novel, much more than in many accounts of Holocaust survivors. The language in this book makes the experience of reading it more real. I want to read Maus, Part II and when I read accounts by survivors, I will be lookung for guilt, betrayal and secrets. The last two panes of this graphic novel speak of what has often remained secret and unforgiveable.

One school board member when objecting to this book, said "Why can't they teach a nicer Holocaust"! Is it really better to coverup what you don't like in history and teach a "nicer version"? To do that means teaching a lie, that the Holocaust was not that bad. How ridiculous!

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J. Burton

A crucial book for understanding the Holocaust

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2022

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I had read many, many books on the Holocaust before I read Maus but Maus moved my understanding from an intellectual one to a very viscerally emotional one. I felt as if I and my family had endured the cruelty and horror directly. It's not an easy book to read. I had to put it down and sob sometimes. I had trouble wanting to pick it back up and to keep reading it sometimes. But this only speaks to how well told and how important its story is. It's up to every one of us to learn how the Holocaust happened, how it happened moment by moment, being by being, so that we can, hopefully, prevent it from every happening again. This book is a masterpiece that should be on the shelves of anyone who wants to learn from history in an effort to keep from repeating its worst chapters.

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Brodie

Must Read

Reviewed in Canada on September 8, 2023

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This is a must read for any graphic novel fan, or anyone that is interested in graphic novels but not sure where to start. The storytelling is excellent and has you captivated from the start. Can't recommend this book (and the second) enough, its an award winner for a reason.