Maus : a survivor's tale. Art Spiegelman. I, My father bleeds history. II, And here my troubles began /
"Maus is the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and his son, a cartoonist, coming to terms with his father's story. Against the backdrop of guilt brought by survival, they stage a normal life of small arguments and unhappy visits. An astonishing retellin...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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2003.
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| Summary: | "Maus is the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and his son, a cartoonist, coming to terms with his father's story. Against the backdrop of guilt brought by survival, they stage a normal life of small arguments and unhappy visits. An astonishing retelling of the twentieth-century's grisliest news, Maus studies the bloody paw-prints of history and tracks its meaning for all of us." --Publisher's website. |
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| Item Description: | Maus, Volume I originally published by Pantheon Books, 1986; Maus, Volume II originally published by Pantheon Books, 1992. |
| Physical Description: | 295 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Awards: | Pulitzer Prize, Special awards and citations, 1992. |
| ISBN: | 0141014083 9780141014081 |