Maus - A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
Maus is the story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living and surviving in Hitler's Europe. By addressing the horror of the Holocaust through cartoons, the author captures the everyday reality of fear and is able to explore the guilt, relief and extraordinary sensation of survival – and how the children of survivors are in their own way affected by the trials of their parents. A contemporary classic of immeasurable significance.
National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee (1986); Prix du Festival d'Angoulême for Alfred du meilleur album etranger (1988); Urhunden Prize for Foreign Album (1988); Max & Moritz Prize for Special Prize (1990); Pulitzer Prize for Letters Award (1992)
About the Maus Series
Books in series order
- 1.Maus - A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History(1986)
- 2.Maus - A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began(1991)
- +MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic(2011)
Reading age: 13+ years
This series should be read in order.
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.