false 15196 20 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 <I>Maus</I> is a tremendous achievement, from a historical perspective as well as an artistic one. <p> 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 <I>imagine</I> the action, to fill in the blanks that are so often shied away from. Reading <I>Maus</I>, you are forced to examine the Holocaust anew.<p> 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. <I>--Michael Gerber</I> 1947012 1986 Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History total:10667|5:5959|4:3470|3:1062|2:142|1:34| 10667 47179 12744 792 4 3 false false Wed Mar 25 21:13:43 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 16:48:42 -0700 2009
The way that Art Spiegel...more...]]> 5 2 true false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun May 20 18:10:06 -0700 2007 Sun May 20 18:20:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 14:30:28 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 16:39:53 -0800 2009 1
Told through a series of events and ...more...]]> 5 5 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 17:51:01 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 05:45:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 19:59:40 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 21:29:44 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 13 23:58:18 -0800 2007 Mon May 19 00:43:45 -0700 2008 Maus does. By telling a real story through a medium that values the surreal, the author, Art Spiegelman, (who is also the artist) gives a fres...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 11:55:45 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 11:55:45 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Sun Jun 17 01:57:50 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 17 02:03:18 -0700 2007
this is bloody brilliant. i know, i never would have believed it either, but just - it's the story of a young mouse whose father is plagued by his history as a concentration camp surv...more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Jan 17 10:12:03 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 10:18:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 07:24:29 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 07:32:35 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 21:48:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 08:07:43 -0800 2008 Maus is Art Spiegelman's graphical interpretation of stories his father related about surviving the holocaust. Despite the way the stories are presented, Spiegelman doesn't pull any punches.

The majority of the text is (or seems to be) his father's words verbatim. Often Spiegelman's fath...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 08:20:39 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 08:48:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 08:40:42 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 08:48:48 -0700 2009
I wasn't sure if I was going to...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 08:28:50 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 08:29:18 -0700 2009 Art Spiegelman intersperses his father's gripping survivor story with their present day uneasy, bickering relationship and through the text and illus...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Oct 04 07:50:31 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 08:04:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 06:26:19 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 06:35:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 18:50:17 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 19:33:06 -0700 2009
In light of the context, it's difficult for me to address Mauson its me...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 05:16:53 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 09:17:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 13:12:14 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 13:30:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 20:28:51 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 12:41:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=15196