***WINNER OF THE 1992 PULIZTER PRIZE***
Acclaimed as a quiet triumph and a brutally moving work of art, the first volume of Art Spiegelman's Mausintroduced readers to Vladek Spieglman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and his son, a cartoonist trying to come to terms with his father, his father's terrifying story, and History itself. Its form, the cartoon (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), succeeds perfectly in shocking us out of any lingering sense of familiarity with the events described, approaching, as it does, the unspeakable through the diminutive.
This second volume, subtitled And Here My Troubles Began, moves us from the barracks of Auschwitz to the bungalows of the Catskills. Genuinely tragic and comic by turns, it attains a complexity of theme and a precision of thought new to comics and rare in any medium. Mausties together two powerful stories: Vladek's harrowing take of survival against all odds, delineating the paradox of family life in the death camps, and the author's account of his tortured relationship with his aging father. At every level this is the ultimate survivor's tale—and that too of the children who somehow survive even the survivors.
ART SPIEGELMAN is co-founder/editor of Raw, the acclaimed magazine of avant-garde comics and graphics. His work has been published in The New York Times, Playboy, The Village Voice, and many other periodicals, and his drawings have been exhibited in museums and galleries here and abroad. Honors he has received for Maus include the 1992 Pulitzer Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship, and nomination for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Mr. Spiegelman lives in New York City with his wife, Francoise Mouly, and their children, Nadja and Dashiell.
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Posted December 11, 2012
A CLASSIC - BRILLIANT
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Posted May 15, 2011
Maus 2 is now about Vladek Spiegelman in the concentration camp of Auschwitz. From there we see how Spiegelman acts very cautious of every step he takes in order to stay alive and protect his family. This book even shows more different races in the camps like Germans, Poles, and French civilians. I even got to see the horror of living in the camps and cruel treatments the Nazis put on the Jews and other prisoners. At the end of the book, I realized why the author picked animals to depict the different races in that time period so you can understand better how the Holocaust was on an individual and the actions displayed in the book. I would recommend this book to anyone who like history and wants to know more about the Holocaust. I personally learned about a lot more of the Holocaust that I would never imagined. This is probably one of my favorite books and I just can't stop talking about it. I highly recommend this book to people who just love reading.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.This is the second part of Art Spiegelman famous books called Maus part 2. 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 there awesome graphics and cool pictures. I think this would be a perfect book for any teacher that reading about the holocaust. Also good just to read by your self.
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Posted May 16, 2010
Maus 1 and 2 are both great books describing the events of the holocaust and what it was like for the people enduring it. The story is about Art Spiegelman and how he interviews his father to build up a great story for the comic that he is writing. He goes into a vivid description of how he got married to a girl named Anja, and how he was a textile salesman before the events of the Holocaust took place.Then they went into hiding and eventually were captured by the nazis and taken to a concentration camp. Maus one and two are great for anyone who wants to learn a little history but in an infamiliar fashion, with it being a graphic novel and all. These are great books for anyone in high school that wants to find a more interesting way to learn history and i highly recommend them.
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Posted May 16, 2010
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Art Spiegelman, the author of the Maus series, is an amazing writer and cartoonist. In this series he puts his father's and his own experiences in the form of a graphic novel. The main character Artie, who is also a cartoonist visits his father often to learn about the experiences that his father and mother went through in the time of World War II and the Holocaust. Seeing as Artie's mother is dead, because of suicide, his father is the only parent to recount this information. His father begins by explaining how he had met Artie's mother and continues his story explaining the hard and difficult times that he and his wife went through. The real reason that they were able to survive had been Artie's father wit and the fact that they were rich and possessed many valuable things. Though that saved them from dying, but they didn't escape all the horrors that others faced. Examples of this would be concentration camps, Auschwitz, and labor towns, where the Nazis killed Jews and protesters methodically.
This book is both touching and sad, but it really informs the reader about the time period and the long term effects that are present in a family that goes through it. After the Holocaust Artie's mother committed suicide leaving his father, Vladek, alone with his son. Throughout the whole ordeal he loses most of his family members, including his son, Richieu. In the end all he is really left with is his son, so he becomes depressed and burns Anje's journals. At that Artie gets angry because that was his last real tie to his mother, and his father destroyed it. This book shows real emotion and thoughts from the characters making it amazing. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to know what the Holocaust was like and the effect it had on the people who experienced it.
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Posted November 18, 2007
Maus 2 was a great continuation of the first book. Just like the first Maus book I started reading it and couldn't put it down. The drawings are very detailed and make the story easy to understand. The book is about the author himself, Art Spiegelmann who is referred to as Artie, interviewing his father Vladek about the Holocaust and the stories he had to tell. Even though when you first glance at the book you might think it is an easy read or something a child may read it is really not. A lot of the parts in the book are intense and give you a good look at what it was like to be a Jew in the holocaust. The story of how Vladek got separated from his wife is heartbreaking and shows how their love was still strong even when times got rough. It is fascinating how cruel people can be to one another and how savage the Nazis really were. How desperate people were for scraps of food or things we take for granted like for example a spoon or a simple belt was very well demonstrated. Something I loved about this book was how the Jewish people were drawn as mice and the Nazis were drawn as cats. All in all I really recommend this engaging book.
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Posted March 24, 2007
This book was one of the first books i have ever read and not put down. I like it because of all the details and drawings, it helps you understand what those times where really like. the book is sad at times!! the ending is really sad but you know it's comming!! i recommended this book to students who are learing about Hitlers Europe!! :)
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Posted January 20, 2007
The narration supports the three commic book styles while using parallel storylines that intertwine. The use of animals exumes the author's theme.
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Posted September 11, 2006
Maus was an excellent story. i have read the two books since i was in seventh grade. i am in 10th grade now, and got the chance to do a book report on it, and i am so glad that i have finally gotten the chance to purchase both books.
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Posted November 6, 2005
This book is the sequal to one of the most touching and emotional comic book of all time. It is amazing and I recomend it Highly.
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Posted November 13, 2005
This book was the best book on the holocaust yet! it gave a survivors side if the mistreatment and does it in the best way possible-a comic! it was also awsome when he gave every type of person a animal to be represented by. I so highly recommend this book.
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Overview
***WINNER OF THE 1992 PULIZTER PRIZE***
Acclaimed as a quiet triumph and a brutally moving work of art, the first volume of Art Spiegelman's Mausintroduced readers to Vladek Spieglman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and his son, a cartoonist trying to come to terms with his father, his father's terrifying story, and History itself. Its form, the cartoon (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), succeeds perfectly in shocking us out of any lingering sense of familiarity with ...