Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
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. Some historical events simply beggar any attempt at description--the Holocaust is one of these. Therefore, as it recedes and the people able to bear witness die, it becomes more and more essential that novel, vigorous methods are used to describe the indescribable. Examined in these terms, Art Spiegelman's Maus is a tremendous achievement, from a historical perspective as well as an artistic one. Spiegelman, a stalwart of the underground comics scene of the 1960s and '70s, interviewed his father, Vladek, a Holocaust survivor living outside New York City, about his experiences. The artist then deftly translated that story into a graphic novel. By portraying a true story of the Holocaust in comic form--the Jews are mice, the Germans cats, the Poles pigs, the French frogs, and the Americans dogs--Spiegelman compels the reader to imagine the action, to fill in the blanks that are so often shied away from. Reading Maus, you are forced to examine the Holocaust anew. This is neither easy nor pleasant. However, Vladek Spiegelman and his wife Anna are resourceful heroes, and enough acts of kindness and decency appear in the tale to spur the reader onward (we also know that the protagonists survive, else reading would be too painful). This first volume introduces Vladek as a happy young man on the make in pre-war Poland. With outside events growing ever more ominous, we watch his marriage to Anna, his enlistment in the Polish army after the outbreak of hostilities, his and Anna's life in the ghetto, and then their flight into hiding as the Final Solution is put into effect. The ending is stark and terrible, but the worst is yet to come--in the second volume of this Pulitzer Prize-winning set. --Michael Gerber
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Recent Reviews
- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-15-2009
- It's a comic book, but not kid-friendly
This was required 7-th grade reading for my daughter, but since it is a sensitive subject, I read the book to together with her. Also, in Massachusetts the state education curriculum doesn't touch world history until 9th grade, so she...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-11-2009
- A Groundbreaking Work in its Genre
'Maus' is a graphic novel about a Holocaust survivor/victim and his son. This visual imagery evokes more feeling than most traditional books about the Holocaust.The book deals with the son's anger with his mother for her suicide and...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: May-05-2009
- Highly recommended but some negatives.
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History was my first ever read of a graphic novel and still remains, along with its sequel, the only graphic novel I've read. This sort of thing doesn't interest me, but if it happens to be...
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- 4/5
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- Posted: Jul-29-2008
- Interesting
I must say that I find this work hard to properly describe in terms of how I feel about it. I think that it was a fascinating look at one man's experience in the Holocaust, but an equally important aspect is Art's interaction with his...
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Selected Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-11-2009
- A Groundbreaking Work in its Genre
'Maus' is a graphic novel about a Holocaust survivor/victim and his son. This visual imagery evokes more feeling than most traditional books about the Holocaust.The book deals with the son's anger with his mother for her suicide and...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-15-2009
- It's a comic book, but not kid-friendly
This was required 7-th grade reading for my daughter, but since it is a sensitive subject, I read the book to together with her. Also, in Massachusetts the state education curriculum doesn't touch world history until 9th grade, so she...
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: May-27-2008
- HORRIBLY RACIST DISTORTION EXPLOITATION OF STUDENTS & WWII
Horribly distorts the true suffering of WWII victims. The Poles who are portrayed as pigs and the Jews who are portrayed as RATS is not a good beginning. The Poles and the Jews suffered the most. The Polish Catholics lost 3 million, in...
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