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Volumes I & II in paperback of this 1992 Pulitzer Prize-winning illustrated narrative of Holocaust survival.
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If one sign of a great work is that it breeds heated discussions -- Maus and Maus II certainly qualify. (By the way, everyone, the Nazi's were CATS!). Most of the objections I read from other reviewers seem to stem from the fact that this powerful, moving, and disturbing book does not promulgate their particular political agenda. Those of you who take offense should remember that this book is not a political history, but a biography. Even then, we should also note that the primary focus of this work is not the actual atrocities of the Holocaust, but in what came next. Art Spiegleman created this because he was trying to understand how his mother could survive all the horrors of a concentration camp, only to kill herself years later. In the wake of her suicide, Maus reveals itself to be a tale of how Spiegleman survived his mother's act of self-destruction, and in so doing, reveals much about all humans everywhere. (Also, let's never forget one thing, folks: A Comic Book won a Pulitzer Prize!)
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I worked at the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies as a student at Yale University. I reviewed many testimonies, and was at one point assigned a number of videos about survivors from Sosnowiec, Poland, where much of _Maus_ takes place. I can only say of the books that they reproduce both typical experiences of those survivors and the tone of their stories in an extremely effective, real and moving way. The books are not at all implausible, as has been suggested in other reviews at this site; surviving the Holocaust required that level of ingenuity and courage, as I witnessed through many similar personal stories. If you are not able to learn about the Holocaust from someone who experienced it, these books are a very artistic and brave attempt to convey that knowledge. Spiegelman has given an authentic voice to the many, many survivors whose stories would otherwise languish on the shelves of archives around the world.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What an incredible book! The honesty and intimacy leap off the pages. It manages to entertain-there's quite a bit of humor- while dealing with perhaps the darkest times in our century.
It is not just a story of the holocaust, but the story of a father and a son. It is the story of how the artist, the son of a survivor, mananges to deal with the legacy of his father's suffering...and heroism; How he reconciles his feelings of love and guilt and admiration with feelings of anger and frustration and despair that the same man, his father, evokes in him.
WARNING: Because the Polish people have never, to my knowledge, done any self-examination (unlike the Germans and now other nations), this book may offend some people of Polish descent. Since this true history tells the story of a Polish Jew, and since all the death camps were in Poland, this book therefore inadvertantly shows the pernicious anti-semitism and murderous participation of the Polish people (as individuals-not as a nation) in the persecution of the Jews.
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A masterpiece
Notwithstanding being a graphic novel, Maus is a true literary masterpiece on par with any classic fiction or nonfiction book. Read more
Published on 3 April 2002
I actually WANTED to finish this book..it's intersting
Like many other teenagers, I think reading is really boring. When they told me to read Maus and Maus II, I was like man this is gonna be boring. Read more
Published on 9 July 1999
A very creative look at the Holocaust
This is an original look at the Holocaust, by making animals represent the different cultures during World War 2. Read more
Published on 27 April 1999
LOVED it as a family member
This is very historcly acurate. For those who think not I suggest you watch -'Escape from Sobibor'. It's based on a real event and one jew who ecsaped got beatin to death by... Read more
Published on 20 April 1999
Excellent and original for the most part
I can't argue with the critics. The Maus books are exteremely accessible. The story line is riveting. Read more
Published on 7 April 1999
THIS WAS THE BEST, MOST REALISTIC BOOK I'VE EVER READ.
I first found this book in 9th grade and the teacher told me it's college matierial and too advanced. I sat down with it and couldn't put it down. Read more
Published on 12 Mar 1999
This is one of the most compelling stories I've read to date
Maus is in one word 'marvelous'. It is a work of art that is unieque unto itself. It cannot be compared with anything else because nothing can compare with Mr. Read more
Published on 2 Mar 1999
Presenting the old anew
What a powerful way to tell the same story to new ears. Like the film, Life is Beautiful, we have to tell the story over and over again, and present our history in ways that... Read more
Published on 19 Feb 1999
Great!!!!!!!
This book puts the life of the Holucast in the view that is easy enough for kids and teens to understand.
Published on 25 Jan 1999
Brilliant work, and NOT defamatory to "Poles"
MAUS is, to be sure, a brilliant work. My parents survived the Holocaust, read Maus, and affirm that it captures well the times, although every individual experienced the... Read more
Published on 10 Jan 1999
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