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Maus: Racconto di un sopravvissuto. I, Mio padre sanguina storia by Art Spiegelman
14 reviews
dcoco's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, War, Genocide, and Xenophobia
About the Holocaust so will have the usual themes associated with thisamelody's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, Violence, Xenophobia, War, Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Deportation, Death of parent, Suicide, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Death, Police brutality, Mental illness, and Grief
angelfireeast24's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Classism, War, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Hate crime, Grief, Gun violence, Deportation, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Cursing, Confinement, Child death, Bullying, Antisemitism, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, Kidnapping, and Abandonment
has3000's review against another edition
4.5
Even today, with all the legislative persecution of minorities and LGBTQ people, as a straight, white man it’s hard to imagine that anything like Nazi Germany could truly come to pass.
And yet this book hits hard. This is a much lighter book than I imagine part two will be, but still it’s so heavy. Seeing this family go through the war, from disbelief to living in a cellar trying to avoid Auschwitz… it’s heartbreaking.
The art is simple, with different animal species representing different groups of people. And the story is split between the author talking to his father in the present day and showing us the things from the 40s that he is talking about.
Moderate: Kidnapping, Hate crime, Suicide, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Murder, Death, Violence, Religious bigotry, Racism, Genocide, and Antisemitism
chaos_animates's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Death, Xenophobia, Murder, War, Hate crime, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Deportation, and Death of parent
flyingryndeer's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Torture, Suicide, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Deportation, Death of parent, War, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Hate crime, Confinement, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Racism, Police brutality, and Antisemitism
twistykris's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: War, Antisemitism, Genocide, Death, Xenophobia, Violence, Confinement, and Torture
Moderate: Suicide, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Child death
archaicrobin's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Classism, Confinement, Violence, Antisemitism, Child death, Hate crime, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Genocide, Grief, Racism, Religious bigotry, War, and Xenophobia
shoohoob's review against another edition
5.0
So much of Art and his father’s relationship reminds me of mine with my mom. Maybe it’s the intergenerational trauma.
Graphic: Genocide, Antisemitism, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Deportation, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
rtaire's review against another edition
5.0
I definitely recommend most everyone read this book (and the second volume). It's a beautifully nuanced memoir of a holocaust survivor and the complicated relationship between him and his son, the comic artist writing/drawing the book. Glad I read the book now when I am struggling with all the grey space of my own relationship between myself and my mother. Makes me feel more at ease about the lack of clear distinctions of "morally good" and "bad", the messy in-between of reality.
The art style really helped to put some distance between me and the extremely difficult subject matter of the Holocaust, which allowed me to keep reading when I might have otherwise needed to stop to preserve my mental health. Still, some of the images are truly haunting and it helps to be prepared to know that these books cover the worst of what humanity is capable of. I still think it is very worth it to remember these atrocities, especially at a time when people are trying to erase them and ban important books like this.
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Alcohol, Genocide, War, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Gun violence, Death of parent, Violence, and Sexism