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: 5 stars
Summary: 5 Stars
Without a doubt one of the most important pieces of holocaust literature ever conceived. Paralells even some of Primo Levi's work and is equally hard hitting. I can advise you to do only 2 things in this review:1. Disregard any infantile reviews such as that written by the Bay Ridge reviewer ("Art Spiegelman is a jerk"). 2. Buy the book immediatley. From historical and literary points of view, it is a necesarry purchase.
Book Review: In this case, less is more...
Summary: 5 Stars
By choosing to tell his father's story as a graphic novel, Spiegelman not only gives us the pictures, he also necessarily cuts the word count. As a result the narrative is starker, the emotion is more raw and we as readers are left to cope with what we read /see as best we can.It is one of life's mysteries why this book is not better known among the many Holocaust survivor accounts. Perhaps it is because it is "second generation" - but through sharing the son's need to understand what happened to his father, those of us who were not yet born can better understand what happened in the middle of what is now the last century.
I bought Maus soon after it was first published and it is still in a prime position on my shelves. I am taking the opportunity to write this review as I pass through on my way at long last to buying the sequel simply to find out what happened next.
Book Review: Loved Maus 1
Summary: 4 Stars
I had to read Maus 1 last semester in college.I really enjoyed and learned alot.I might pass the book on to a family member who will enjoy it.Book Review: It's proven again that comics are not "just for kids" here
Summary: 5 Stars
This is not a book I'd recommend to people who have little time on their hands already, because once you started it you keep on wanting to know what happens next. Before you know it you've been reading a lot of time away. But enough with the PR-talk, to the book now. It's the true story of the father of the writer, a survivor of the holocaust. The story is not told through constant war-scenes from beginning to end, but instead the conversations in which his father tells the writer the events that happened are also pencilled down. So you get a drawn conversation between father and son about that time mixed with scenes of the war AND mixed with scenes of what is going on in the CURRENT life of father and son, so many years after the war. This is really interesting because you not only get to see what happens during the war, which you can read in most history books as well, but you'll also get a glimpse of what the war has done with the whole character of it's victims. The story is brought metaforically (with the nazi's as cats and the jews as mice) so you can enjoy the story thoroughly without having the feeling your just reading another history book. It's all true but it makes you able to take some distance as well. I think everyone who looks for something more in comicbooks than just superheroes and fiction will have a great time reading with this. And when you're finished you'll find yourself longing to buy Book II probably. I know I do.Book Review: Stunning, enthralling and life changing/affirming
Summary: 5 Stars
An epic novel which will not only enthrall but will change a person's life. Whatever your views of 'survival' are they will be tested. I grew up with this book so I know it inside out. Without a doubt one of the greatest pieces of comic book literature ever produced. Buy it now. Educate yopurself and others.