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A review by readingthroughthelists
Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I might never have touched Maus had it not been part of our 8th graders’ curriculum for their Holocaust unit. While the unit only required them to read Chapter 4, I went ahead and read all of Volume 1 for context and background. And now I wish we could have read the entire thing together.
Art’s complicated relationship with his father, Vladek’s complicated relationship with both the past and present, and the haunting sense that, for those who survived, the Holocaust never really ended, were things that my students were just dimly starting to understand when we had to move on. Maybe one day, I'll take an entire class through it.
Art’s complicated relationship with his father, Vladek’s complicated relationship with both the past and present, and the haunting sense that, for those who survived, the Holocaust never really ended, were things that my students were just dimly starting to understand when we had to move on. Maybe one day, I'll take an entire class through it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Antisemitism and War
Moderate: Violence