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a graphic novel of the holocaust? that features MICE? with crazy cats and dogs and pigs as the bad guys?
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 survivor, and he just doesn't get why his father can't get over it. (mice-jews, cats-nazis, pigs-germans, and i actually forget who the dogs are. i'm guessing the americans.)
the first volume is exquisitely crafted, a ...more
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 survivor, and he just doesn't get why his father can't get over it. (mice-jews, cats-nazis, pigs-germans, and i actually forget who the dogs are. i'm guessing the americans.)
the first volume is exquisitely crafted, a ...more
I’ve wanted to read Maus for a long time. Thanks to the McMinnville county school board banning it, I moved it to the top of my list and bought it. As soon as it comes off backorder and arrives, I’ll read the second one too. What an incredible book, must read.
When I first heard about this book, I admit to being a bit skeptical. A "comic" book telling the author's father's Holocaust story...as a mouse? Really? But wow. Just wow. I tore through this book reading in huge chunks. I couldn't bear to put it down.
Yes it's a story about Mr. Spiegelman's father and mother and their harrowing life in Nazi occupied Poland. But it's also the story of the author's relationship with his father. It was so lifelike I could almost see the scene in front of me and it ...more
Yes it's a story about Mr. Spiegelman's father and mother and their harrowing life in Nazi occupied Poland. But it's also the story of the author's relationship with his father. It was so lifelike I could almost see the scene in front of me and it ...more
I can't believe it took me such a long time to finally read Maus. I sat here and finished it this afternoon...with a toddler running around me shouting about buses. I loved the book. I can see what it is on all the lists for "best graphic novel".
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Oct 20, 2007
Kate McCartney
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it was amazing
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