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A review by jodiwilldare
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
5.0
Finally! Finally one of the High Holys of the graphic novel realm held up to the hype. After abandoning Watchmen and being disappointed by Sandman, I approached Maus with a bit of trepidation. Could it live up to the hype?
Hell yes.
I’ve read Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel. I’ve seen “Schindler’s List,” “Life is Beautiful,” and “The Pianist.” And yet, Maus framed the Holocaust and the people who survived it in a way that was brand new to me.
Art Spiegelman grew up the child of two Holocaust survivors. Once he reached his thirties, Spiegelman decided to record his dad’s experiences during WWII and hoped to learn more about his mom, who killed herself when Spiegelman was twenty-one. He turned the process of recording those conversations with his dad, and his dad’s stories into Maus.
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Hell yes.
I’ve read Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel. I’ve seen “Schindler’s List,” “Life is Beautiful,” and “The Pianist.” And yet, Maus framed the Holocaust and the people who survived it in a way that was brand new to me.
Art Spiegelman grew up the child of two Holocaust survivors. Once he reached his thirties, Spiegelman decided to record his dad’s experiences during WWII and hoped to learn more about his mom, who killed herself when Spiegelman was twenty-one. He turned the process of recording those conversations with his dad, and his dad’s stories into Maus.
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