Details
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Title
Maus I & II A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History & And Here My Troubles Began
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Author
Spiegelman, Art
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Binding
Softcover
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Edition
Reprint
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Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
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Pages
160
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Volumes
1
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Language
ENG
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Publisher
Pantheon, New York
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Date
1992
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Illustrated
Yes
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Features
Illustrated, Table of Contents
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Bookseller's Inventory #
89548
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ISBN
9780394747231 / 0394747232
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Weight
0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
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Dimensions
9 x 6.5 x 0.6 in (22.86 x 16.51 x 1.52 cm)
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Themes
- Catalog Heading: Graphic Novels
- Curriculum Strand: Language Arts/Literature
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Ethnic Orientation: Multicultural
- Religious Orientation: Jewish
- Topical: Holocaust
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Library of Congress subjects
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Poland, Holocaust survivors - United States
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Library of Congress Catalog Number
86042642
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Dewey Decimal Code
B
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Summary
Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History is the first of two moving graphic novels that depict the devastating experiences of the author’s father, Vladek, during the Holocaust. Art Spiegelman, an acclaimed artist, uses animals to represent those present in his retelling. He weaves his relationship with his father into the fabric of the tragic tale, demonstrating the cascading effects of trauma through exploring his father’s experiences surviving the Holocaust and Art’s own experiences growing up with his father. The tragic story, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992, has received vast attention for its impactful portrayal of one of the most horrendous events in world history.
From the publisher
NP Lexile.
Accelerated Reader AR UG 3.2 3.0 70909.
From the jacket flap
A story of a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe and his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father's story and history itself.
Media reviews
"Maus is a book that cannot be put down, truly, even to sleep. When two of the mice speak of love, you are moved, when they suffer, you weep. Slowly through this little tale comprised of suffering, humor and life's daily trials, you are captivated by the language of an old Eastern European family, and drawn into the gentle and mesmerizing rhythm, and when you finish Maus, you are unhappy to have left that magical world."--Umberto Eco
Citations
- Booklist, 01/01/2001, Page 979
- Newsweek, 11/26/2007, Page 16
- School Library Journal, 05/01/1987, Page 0
About the author
ART SPIEGELMAN is one of the world's most admired and beloved comic artists, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning Holocaust narrative, Maus. Born in Stockholm in 1948, Spiegelman began studying cartooning in high school and drawing professionally at age sixteen. He studied art and philosophy at Harpur College before joining the underground comics movement in the 1960s. Spiegelman taught history and the aesthetics of comics at the School of Visual Arts in New York from 1979 to 1986, and in 1980 he founded RAW, the acclaimed avant-garde comics magazine, with his wife, Franoise Mouly. Honors Spiegelman has received include induction into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame and the Art Director's Club Hall of Fame. In 2005, he was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People. He was made an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2007, and in 2011 he was awarded the Grand Prix at the Angoulme International Comics Festival. In 2015, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2018 he became the first comic artist to receive the Edward MacDowell Medal. His art has been exhibited at museums throughout the world, including the Pompidou Center in Paris, the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Jewish Museum in New York City, and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.
