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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is a very engaging story of a Holocaust survivor. It is similar in so many ways to other survivor stories such NIGHT and FRAGMENTS OF ISABELLA, but it is told in a very unique and interesting way. The narrator tells the story of his father's struggle during the Nazi rule, based on the audio recordings he made for his son. The recordings tell of life before the Nazi's take over, life in the ghetto, and the horrors of the concentration camps. The son, who has always been interested in telling stories through pictures, creates his father's story in the form of a graphic novel. What makes this story even more interesting is that the author does not make his characters human. He uses different animals to represent the various ethnic groups invovled: Jews/mice, Nazis/cats, Polish/pigs. (  )tjfranks | Jul 2, 2009 |   This graphic novel detailing the experience of a Jewish man during the holocaust was a powerful and addicting read. I loved the illustrations as well as the way that Art Spiegelman made the story of the holocaust something more than just what you read in history books. It is also an interesting book because it brings light to the relationship that children had with parents who survived the holocaust (few that there were) and how their parents experience weighed onto them as well. Overall one of my favorite books of all time. (  )lit_bitten | Jun 30, 2009 | A true story of a families’ struggle during the Holocaust, told through the eyes of a father as he son listens. This was my second graphic novel series and a great recommendation from those here on LT. It’s a different way of telling a story but so far it has been very interesting, inspiring, and moving to hear this story as a father tells his son his past horrors or survival as a Jew in Germany. Spiegelman takes on the story telling it through the prospective of mice (aka Jews) and other animal forms appear to be those of other religions or nationalities (aka pigs and cats). He weaves in other themes one would not expect but it makes the story that much better. Looking forward to part 2. “I could avoid the truth no longer-the doctor’s words clattered inside me … I felt confused; I felt angry; I felt numb! … I didn’t exactly feel like crying, but I figured I should!” (  )blondierocket | Jun 28, 2009 | Artie is hearing his father's story directly from him. Vladek, Artie's father, is telling Art how he survived the Holocaust. Great detail makes this a great book. ( )bmoses | Jun 24, 2009 | This book was about the holocaust. It showed how the life of a Jew was before during and after. I think this is a good book to read while learning about the holocaust. I rate this book 5 stars because it was very good. I think all teachers should read this graphic novel while teaching about the holocaust. I cannot wait to read the second Maus. ( )sasshayb | Jun 24, 2009 | 0.034 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com (ISBN 0394541553, Hardcover)Some historical events simply beggar any attempt at description--the Holocaust is one of these. Therefore, as it recedes and the people able to bear witness die, it becomes more and more essential that novel, vigorous methods are used to describe the indescribable. Examined in these terms, Art Spiegelman's Maus is a tremendous achievement, from a historical perspective as well as an artistic one.Spiegelman, a stalwart of the underground comics scene of the 1960s and '70s, interviewed his father, Vladek, a Holocaust survivor living outside New York City, about his experiences. The artist then deftly translated that story into a graphic novel. By portraying a true story of the Holocaust in comic form--the Jews are mice, the Germans cats, the Poles pigs, the French frogs, and the Americans dogs--Spiegelman compels the reader to imagine the action, to fill in the blanks that are so often shied away from. Reading Maus, you are forced to examine the Holocaust anew. This is neither easy nor pleasant. However, Vladek Spiegelman and his wife Anna are resourceful heroes, and enough acts of kindness and decency appear in the tale to spur the reader onward (we also know that the protagonists survive, else reading would be too painful). This first volume introduces Vladek as a happy young man on the make in pre-war Poland. With outside events growing ever more ominous, we watch his marriage to Anna, his enlistment in the Polish army after the outbreak of hostilities, his and Anna's life in the ghetto, and then their flight into hiding as the Final Solution is put into effect. The ending is stark and terrible, but the worst is yet to come--in the second volume of this Pulitzer Prize-winning set. --Michael Gerber (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:02 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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