A review by dogmomirene
Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

4.0

Plenty of reviews have been written on this book. What I was struck by the most was the authenticity of the conversations. Not just between father and son, but also the father recounting conversations from the late 1930's through WWII. Towards the end of the graphic novel, the father tells Art, his son, that Art will be famous like Walt Disney. Art leaves the room to get his pencil because he has to write down the conversation before he forgets it. Art begins the novel by keeping notes while he and his father talk, but later Art brings in a tape recorder. I can relate to Art's attempt to preserve the dialogue as well as he can. I can't relate to his father. I can't imagine living through as many conversations as he did, knowing that that conversation may be the last one you have with that person, and searing those words and facial expressions into your memory. I'm eager to read the sequel.