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Visually and emotionally rich, MetaMaus is as groundbreaking as the masterpiece whose creation it reveals. In the pages of MetaMaus , Art Spiegelman re-enters the Pulitzer prize–winning Maus , the modern classic that has altered how we see literature, comics, and the Holocaust ever... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Art Spiegelman: Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Maus I and II
Quotes edit
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“I tried to explain that one has to sue the information and give shape to it in order to help people understand what happened--that historians, in fact do that as much as any artist--but that history was far too important to leave solely to historians. Pg. 100”
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“I was at the Frankfurt Book Fair when it came out, and was aggressively barked at by a reporter: "Don't you think a comic book about Auschwitz is in bad taste?" I liked my response. I said, "No, I thought Auschwitz was in bad taste." Pg. 155”
Art Spiegelman
First Sentence edit
METAMAUS is built around a series of taped conversations with Hillary Chute.
Table of Contents edit
CONTENTS
Introduction 8
Why the Holocaust? 10
Family Album 83
The Early Maus 105
Why Mice? 110
Why Comics? 164
Family Tree 224
Vladek's Transcript 237
Memories of Anja 278
Chronology 290
Index 295
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Maus: A Survivor's Tale. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Art Spiegelman (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-375-42394-9
Page Count: 299
Publisher: Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-375-42394-9
Page Count: 299
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 741.5092
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