Maus

A Survivor's Tale

Hardcover, 296 pages

English language

Published Dec. 15, 1996 by Pantheon.

ISBN:
9780679406419
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5 stars (4 reviews)

12 editions

Review of 'The Complete Maus' on 'LibraryThing'

4 stars

Significantly better than I expected. Like many I first came to know of this book a number of years ago when it was "banned" for having nudity. Like so many "banned" books I feel its often a ploy by the publishing company to sell more books, particularly when they are books like this that have been in publicization for a long time. returnreturnI expected it to need the help because it wasn't that great. However I found it a pleasant read, granted you probably aren't supposed to get a pleasant read out of a holocaust book but I digress. I really appreciated the Vladek character when is so much a character of a miserly Jewish American that even the author notes he isn't sure he should include it because of how stereotypical it is. returnreturnA good look at the insight of a particularly family and there making, and no so …

Review of 'The Complete Maus' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

I wanted to read a Graphic Novel and my partner told me about this one. It’s really good! But it’s sad. I caught myself in tears in many moments while I was reading. It’s not an easy topic (Nazism and the story of a Polish Jew who survived Auschwitz concentration camp). Extremely touching. We cant’ forget this horror as to not repeat it again, ever. 

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Subjects

  • Graphic novels
  • Personal Memoirs
  • Holocaust survivors
  • Fine Arts
  • Poland
  • United States
  • Graphic Satire And Humor
  • Jewish Holocaust
  • Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Biography / Autobiography
  • Holocaust
  • Biography/Autobiography
  • Literature: Classics
  • Spiegelman, Vladek
  • Historical - Holocaust
  • Graphic Novels - General
  • Fiction / Graphic Novels
  • Spiegelman, Art
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Literary
  • Biography
  • Children of Holocaust survivors
  • Comic books, strips, etc