The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
Book Review: One of the best CD-ROMs ever
Summary: 5 Stars
The Complete Maus takes several themes already at work in the comic (especially Art's conflict with his father, Vladek, and Art's struggles with the completion of Maus) and pushes them even further, by offering insight into how the comic was produced. Especially haunting are the audio clips of Spiegelman's interviews with his father--as Spiegelman says in one of the interviews, this CD allows the reader to get his father's side of the story, to a larger degree than was possible in the text version of the book. This is one of the few CD-ROMs that actually lives up to the potential of multimedia--it genuinely allows you to experience the text in a way that is wholly different from reading a book. As a writing teacher, I especially appreciate Speigelman's running comments on how he chose to construct various parts of the comic; these discussions help students see that writing is a process of research, revising, and even occasional dead end, not something that "just ! happens."Book Review: Wonderful book I would recommend to everyone.
Summary: 5 Stars
Anyone who is interested in personal stories of the holocaust should read this book. It is written in "comic strip" format, which helps it get the truth across more effectively. A+. Two thumbs up.Book Review: Wonderful story of the true atrocities of the Holocaust.
Summary: 5 Stars
Art Spiegelman's father's account of the holocaust is extremely accurate. The drawings are wonderful and the symbolism adds to the stories seriousness. It was hard to put this book down.Book Review: Wow! Very subtle - or is it?
Summary: 5 Stars
Maus has been a wonderful way to give my students an introduction into what some people experienced during the Holocaust. Not only does it introduce what happened during WWII, but also how it affected the Survivor and his family AFTER the war. The comic book format makes it accessible to them - it doesn't take away from the value of the message behind the book! I highly recommend it!Book Review: Surviving the survivors
Summary: 5 Stars
If one sign of a great work is that it breeds heated discussions -- Maus and Maus II certainly qualify. (By the way, everyone, the Nazi's were CATS!). Most of the objections I read from other reviewers seem to stem from the fact that this powerful, moving, and disturbing book does not promulgate their particular political agenda. Those of you who take offense should remember that this book is not a political history, but a biography. Even then, we should also note that the primary focus of this work is not the actual atrocities of the Holocaust, but in what came next. Art Spiegleman created this because he was trying to understand how his mother could survive all the horrors of a concentration camp, only to kill herself years later. In the wake of her suicide, Maus reveals itself to be a tale of how Spiegleman survived his mother's act of self-destruction, and in so doing, reveals much about all humans everywhere.