Maus : a survivor's tale / Art Spiegelman.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus tells 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. Maus approaches the unspeakable through the diminutive. Its form, the cartoon (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), shocks us out of any lingering sense of familiarity and succeeds in "drawing us closer to the bleak heart of the Holocaust" (The New York Times). Maus is a haunting tale within a tale. Vladek's harrowing story of survival is woven into the author's account of his tortured relationship with his aging father. Against the backdrop of guilt brought by survival, they stage a normal life of small arguments and unhappy visits. This astonishing retelling of our century's grisliest news is a story of survival, not only of Vladek but of the children who survive even the survivors. Maus studies the bloody pawprints of history and tracks its meaning for all of us
Record details
- ISBN: 0679406417
- ISBN: 9780679406419
- Physical Description: 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [1997]
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Previously published in 1986 as separate titles.Reprinted in 2011 as a 25th anniversary edition.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1. My father bleeds history -- 2. And here my troubles began.
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- Spiegelman, Vladek > Comic books, strips, etc.
Spiegelman, Art > Comic books, strips, etc.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
Holocaust survivors > United States > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
Children of Holocaust survivors > United States > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Jewish > Comic books, strips, etc.
Fathers and sons > Comic books, strips, etc.
Nazis > Comic books, strips, etc. - Genre:
- Graphic novels.
Comics (Graphic works)
Biographical comics.
Historical comics.
Nonfiction comics.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Available copies
- 42 of 55 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 55 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Library | 940.53 SPI (Text) | 37810435475842 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
