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Yes, Maus is a comic book, but it's not like any comic book you've probably ever read. The author's personal story is much more a central part of both books than I was expecting it to be, and I found that compelling. The premise is the story of his dad growing up in Poland and surviving the Holocaust all the way to the end of Auschwitz, only with the Jews being anthropomorphic mice and the Germans being anthropomorphic cats (Americans are dogs and the Poles are pigs). This device serves to prese
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I enjoyed the first volume of this. I have to read it for my Graphic Novel class so I might not be able to continue on until school ends. I highly recommened this for any graphic novel lover.
Dec 01, 2008
Juliezs
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it was amazing
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I'm so glad I finally read this. It is completely worth all the fuss and hype. Devastating, horrible, poignant, ironic and even funny.
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Spiegelman tells his father's story of surviving the holocaust in this graphic novel format. The story intertwines him asking his father questions to get him to tell his story plus his own doubts of how you can ever appropriately represent that story in graphic novel form. Very well done. This is book one of two.
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Feb 10, 2008
Kirsten
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it was ok
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Although this book wrestles with very serious issues, I have a very hard time taking the graphic novel seriously.
Aug 09, 2007
Lindsay
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liked it
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Jul 03, 2008
akaellen
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really liked it
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