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Maus: Un survivant raconte. I, Mon père saigne l'histoire by Art Spiegelman
2 reviews
mjones14's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
4.5
It's a horribly sad story and I hate that it was left on a cliff hanger, however I absolutely shall be reading the next installment
Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, War, Police brutality, Animal death, Antisemitism, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Murder, Violence, Genocide, Suicide, and Sexism
cstein's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.25
Spiegelman's decision to draw rather than merely write this memoir importantly limits the reader's imagination, leaving drastically less room for confusion, wrong interpretation, or willful ignorance of the facts of his and his father's experiences. In a similarly ingenious way, Spiegelman's cartoon animal characters provide sufficient whimsy and distance from the horrors of the Holocaust to make the work readable, while also prompting frequent pauses to reflect on how the emotions and horrors experienced by these cartoon animals are actually those experienced by very much non-cartoon people. Phew.
As the Newsweek review of this work reads, in part, "Maus compels us to bear witness in a different way: the very artificiality of its surface makes it possible to imagine the reality beneath."
As the Newsweek review of this work reads, in part, "Maus compels us to bear witness in a different way: the very artificiality of its surface makes it possible to imagine the reality beneath."
Graphic: Death of parent, Antisemitism, Death, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, Child death, and Murder
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Chronic illness, Deportation, Genocide, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, and Physical abuse
Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, War, Vomit, and Excrement
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