Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History

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The bestselling first installment of the graphic novel acclaimed as “the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust” (Wall Street Journal) and “the first masterpiece in comic book history” (The New Yorker) • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • One of Variety’s “Banned and Challenged Books Everyone Should Read”

A brutally moving work of art—widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written—Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author’s father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats.

Maus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the author’s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history’s most unspeakable tragedies. It is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma.

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This legendary 1978 collection of comics by Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the best-selling Maus, presents the seminal early works that changed how comics are made and appreciated today—now with a new Afterword by the author. The definitive edition of the Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel, containing parts I and II in one stunning volume—one of Variety’s “Banned and Challenged Books Everyone Should Read” For the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Maus, the terrorist attacks of September 11th were both highly personal and intensely political. In the Shadow of No Towers is a masterful and moving account of the events and aftermath of that tragic day. Art Spiegelman’s sinister and witty black-and-white drawings give charged new life to Joseph Moncure March’s The Wild Party, a lost classic from 1928. Illustrated with images from Spiegelman’s Maus, Maus Now includes work from 21 critics, authors, and academics—including Philip Pullman, Robert Storr, Ruth Franklin, and Adam Gopnik—on the achievement and innovation of Maus.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pantheon (August 12, 1986)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0394747232
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0394747231
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ NP
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.56 x 0.46 x 9.13 inches