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On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its first publication, here is the definitive edition of the book acclaimed as “the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust” (Wall Street Journal) and “the first masterpiece in comic book history” (The New Yorker).

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler’s Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father’s story. Maus approaches the unspeakable through the diminutive. Its form, the cartoon (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), shocks us out of any lingering sense of ...

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Overview

On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its first publication, here is the definitive edition of the book acclaimed as “the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust” (Wall Street Journal) and “the first masterpiece in comic book history” (The New Yorker).

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler’s Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father’s story. Maus approaches the unspeakable through the diminutive. Its form, the cartoon (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), shocks us out of any lingering sense of familiarity and succeeds in “drawing us closer to the bleak heart of the Holocaust” (The New York Times).

Maus is a haunting tale within a tale. Vladek’s harrowing story of survival is woven into the author’s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father. Against the backdrop of guilt brought by survival, they stage a normal life of small arguments and unhappy visits. This astonishing retelling of our century’s grisliest news is a story of survival, not only of Vladek but of the children who survive even the survivors. Maus studies the bloody pawprints of history and tracks its meaning for all of us.

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Originally envisioned as a single work, Art Spiegelman's Maus: A Survivor's Tale took thirteen years to create and was first published in two parts, in 1986 and 1991. This definitive 25th Anniversary Edition reunites these sections, enabling readers to read this graphic narrative as it was first intended. This edition is also available as a paperback (9780141014081, $23.00).

San Francisco Examiner
The power of Spiegelman's story lies in the fine detail of the story and the fact that it is related in comic-strip form.
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Wall Street Journal
The most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust.
Publishers Weekly
Spiegelman's startling comic about the Holocaust, which revolves around his survivor father's experiences, won a 1992 Pulitzer Prize. (Sept.)
School Library Journal
YA Told with chilling realism in an unusual comic-book format, this is more than a tale of surviving the Holocaust. Spiegelman relates the effect of those events on the survivors' later years and upon the lives of the following generation. Each scene opens at the elder Spiegelman's home in Rego Park, N.Y. Art, who was born after the war, is visiting his father, Vladek, to record his experiences in Nazi-occupied Poland. The Nazis, portrayed as cats, gradually introduce increasingly repressive measures, until the Jews, drawn as mice, are systematically hunted and herded toward the Final Solution. Vladek saves himself and his wife by a combination of luck and wits, all the time enduring the torment of hunted outcast. The other theme of this book is Art's troubled adjustment to life as he, too, bears the burden of his parents' experiences. This is a complex book. It relates events which young adults, as the future architects of society, must confront, and their interest is sure to be caught by the skillful graphics and suspenseful unfolding of the story. Rita G. Keeler, St. John's School , Houston

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780679406419
  • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 11/28/1996
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Edition number: 25
  • Pages: 296
  • Sales rank: 33,670
  • Series: Maus Series
  • Product dimensions: 9.36 (w) x 6.72 (h) x 1.15 (d)

Meet the Author

Art Spiegelman is a contributing editor and artist for The New Yorker, and a co-founder / editor of Raw, the acclaimed magazine of avant-garde comics and graphics. His drawings and prints have been exhibited in museums and galleries here and abroad. Honors he has received for Maus include the Pulitzer Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship, and nominations for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He lives in New York City with his wife, Françoise Mouly, and their two children, Nadja and Dashiell.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 16, 2010

    Ap World History Review: An Excellent Novel!

    The Complete Maus was an amazing book to read! Art Spiegelman's description of his father's life during World War II gives the story a personal feel that completely draws you into the book. However, Spiegelman's somewhat blunt descriptions of the horrors that occurred in the Jewish ghettos and the concentration camps also make this a depressing read because Vladek, his father, witnessed so many tragic deaths. Additionally, Maus is filled with "present day" scenes in which Spiegelman shares his difficulties in extracting the story from his father and it also helps tie in aspects of WWII with current events. One of the most heartbreaking parts of Maus was the connection Vladek had with his first son, Richieu, who was killed when he was a very young child. Even after Vladek's wife, Anja, gave birth to Artie (the author of Maus) he still lamented the death of his first son, which is a key part of Maus and helps keep the reader engrossed with the story.
    One thing readers should be cautious about is the depth of the story. Although it is written as a comic book, Maus is filled with as much sadness and hope as any other Holocaust book. So, just make sure that if you pick up Maus, you don't begin reading it thinking it will be a "light read," because the truth behind Spiegelman's words will knock you over. Also, readers should know that there are brief references to suicide, hangings, and extreme violence within both Maus novels, so if you can't handle those topics, don't read Maus. However, The Complete Maus is also filled with Vladek's struggle for survival, and although it is over one of the most tragic periods of history, I highly recommend that you read it. I give The Complete Maus 5 out of 5 stars, easily.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 11, 2000

    Cat Nazis must die

    this book much like the first maus i could not put down the story boarding is very good. you won't find a better book that teaches both the horrors and hardships of the jews during the holocaust.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 19, 2009

    Great Book

    It is a great book! If you like reading about the Holocaust then you will really enjoy it. It is somewhat romantic; telling the story of how it happened during this horrible time and how he deals with what happened afterwards.

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  • Posted September 5, 2009

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    Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman

    The strength of this story is the true account of the elder Spiegelman's struggles to survive the Holocaust as a Polish Jew in Warsaw. It is interspersed with the author's troubled relationship with his father and the strength of the two to tell the story. The father because he has never before spoken of his experiences and the son to understand the pain and suffering his father endured.

    All the characters in this work of art are represented as ethnological animals, an insightful and creative machination on the part of the artist. The Jews, for example, are depicted as scrawny mice (thus Maus, German for "mouse"), the Nazi's as plump over-fed cats, and the Polish military officers as prodigious pigs. The only humanistic renderings in the book take place during the back story of the suicide of the author's mother. But these graphic depictions do not distract from the powerful demonstrative story of the struggle to survive not only the worst war of our time but the worst moments in human history. In fact, they serve only to enhance it.

    Wonderful storytelling and exceptional art make this a must read for the historians as well as the emotionalists among us. This book is a unique combination of docu-drama, biography, and comic-strip all rolled into one and it works on a grand scale.

    5 out of 5 stars

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  • Posted March 18, 2009

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    Maus (Central)

    The graphic novel, Maus is about a family of mice, which the main characters are Vladek, Artie, and Anja. The mice are Jewish, living during the reign of Adolf Hitler; whose Nazi "workers" are cats, which put this novel in the "cat and mouse" metaphor. The many twists and turns in this graphic novel will keep you on the edge of your seat the entire time.

    The author, Art Spiegelman, wrote this book after his own experience. He is Artie, and his parents, Vladek and Anja, who had an affair with each other in their previous marriages; then they got together and had Artie. Art Spiegelman, in real life, was a comic book writer as a child, and he wrote a book called Prisoner on the Hell Planet: a Case Study. This was about his mother's suicide; it is in the actual novel, like a book in a book. Anja's suicide is the beginning of a downward spiral to the experience at concentration camps.

    The fact that the book is a true story, it cannot really be judged; and the fact that it is a graphic novel, changes everything about the book. I personally enjoyed the book, and I am not a wild graphic novel fan myself, and it really interested me. Although some refer to it as a "picture book," it does not distract the reader as some think it would. The pictures actually add a lot of, not only character, but understanding to the book. I followed and enjoyed the book very much. :)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 14, 2008

    AWESOME!!

    I have only read the first book... but it's amazing. I loved the comic book style, and the details were great. Plus the whole cat and mouse deal... genious!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 27, 2007

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    I have read both volumes 1 & 2. And they were amazing. i have already recommended these books to all of my friends. I could not put them down!! I read both in a little under a day and they were wonderful. I love reading about the holocaust and this was some of the best i have ever read!! READ THESE BOOKS!!! they are amazing!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 17, 2006

    yeah

    this book is the best I ever read

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 7, 2002

    Great book!

    I have read a good number of books about the Holocaust, and I thought this one was one of the best, if not the best. Because of the comic strip style the book is written in, it is very easy to read and gives a new twist to the story of the Holocaust. Highly recommended to anyone interested in this topic!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 3, 2001

    About 'Maus'

    Perhaps one of the best books I've ever read. The author present the story of the Holocaus in a very unique way. The story is both sad and beautiful. A wondeful book about a moment in history that we should always think about.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 20, 2000

    Maus 1 and 2

    I have read the first Maus and i am in the middle of the second one. This is an excellent book and highly educating. BUY THIS BOOK AND READ IT.

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