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Description edit
Combined for the first time here are Maus I: A Survivor's Tale and Maus II — the complete 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... read more
Books in This Collection
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My Father Bleeds History
by Art Spiegelman (Author)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. Part I of a two volume series.
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And Here My Troubles Began
by Art Spiegelman (Author)MAUS was the first half of the tale of survival of the author's parents, charting their desperate progress from prewar Poland Auschwitz. Here is the continuation, in which the father survives the camp and is at last reunited with his wife.
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Summary edit
This graphic novel is the story of Spiegelman's father, Vladek, a Polish Jew who lived through World War II. The Jews are drawn as mice, the Germans as cats, and the Poles as pigs. Vladek was able to keep himself and his family out of the concentration camps for a long time, but eventually... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Art Spiegelman: Creator, son of Anja and Vladek.
- Vladek Spiegelman: 'Maus' is focused on Vladek's Holocaust recollections. Through a series of stories to his son, Vladek reveals a tragic past of Jewish life before and during the Second World War. Also depicted is Vladek's life as he suffers through the trials of old age.
- Anja Spiegelman: Vladek's wife and Art's mother.
- Mala Spiegelman: Vladek's second wife.
Setting & Locations edit
- Poland: Anja and Vladek lived through most of the war in Poland.
- Rego Park, New York: Where Vladek now lives with his second wife, Mala.
- Europe
- Auschwitz
Organizations edit
First Sentence edit
It was summer, I remember I was ten or eleven...
Table of Contents edit
Part I
My Father Bleeds History
Contents
11 - one/the shiek
27 - two/the honeymoon
43 - three/prisoner of war
73 - four/the noose tightens
97 - five/mouse holes
131 - six/mouse trap
Part II Page 167
And Here My Troubles Began
Contents
169 - one/Mauschwitz
199 - two/Auschwitz (time flies)
235 - three/...and here my troubles began...
261 - four/saved
279 - five/the second honeymoon
Themes & Symbolism edit
- Mice: Spiegelman portrays the Jewish community as mice - hence the book's title, 'Maus'. The allegorical depiction of all characters as animals assists in clarifying Speigelman's perspective on groups of people. Similarly, the use of mice to represent Jews mirrors the views of the Nazis - that the Jewish population were 'vermin', and a problem to be solved.
- Cats: The Nazis are depicted as cats.
- Pigs: The Poles are depicted as pigs.
- Dogs: The Americans are depicted as dogs.
- Frogs: The French are portrayed as frogs.
- Moose: The Swedes are depicted as elk.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Maus: A Survivor's Tale. (standard series)
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This book is in TIME Magazine's All-TIME 100 Best Nonfiction Books. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Art Spiegelman (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Country: United States
Publication Date: October 2, 2003
ISBN: 978-0141014081
Page Count: 296
Publisher: Penguin
Country: United States
Publication Date: October 2, 2003
ISBN: 978-0141014081
Page Count: 296
Awards edit
- American Book Award (1992)
- Pulitzer Prize (1992: Special Citations)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: DS135.P63s68 1997
- Dewey: 940.5318
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