Title: Maus : A Survivor’s Tale
Author
Illustrator: Art Spiegelman
Publisher: Pantheon; 1st edition (August 12, 1986)
ISBN-10: 0394747232
ISBN-13: 978-0394747231
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: 160 p (pbk.)
Summary/Review
Maus is a comic book that tells the story of Art’s
Spigelman’s father, his experiences in German concentration camps during the
Holocaust, a World War II story.
In Maus, human creatures are portrayed as animals. With mice
representing Jews and cats representing Nazis, Maus narrates the experiences of
Vladek Spigelman, Art’s father, describing his ordeals as a Holocaust survivor
with other people, our ancestors who live with the history of such injustice.
The narratives describes the death of Art’s aunt Tosha, his
brother Richieu and his cousins. The interview is included word-for-word in the
book.
With Maus, the author exposes students to a historical
example of religious intolerance through a personal narrative of a Holocaust
survivor. The theme serves as a meditation on the effects of a major historical
event, the traumatic event of the Holocaust.
Maus is a unique work of art, it won the Pulitzer prize, the
first comic book to earn such an honor.
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