The Complete Maus

click here for more details, find new or used items	Art Spiegelman Our price £11.89 (£16.99) New from £9.59 Used from £9.91 Pages: 296 (Paperback) ISBN: 0141014083 Pub: Penguin Books Ltd Pub date: 2003-10-02 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2940

Reader Reviews:

Rupert in Nazi germany (1/1 people found this helpful)

I have respect for the author in that it was brave to explore the subject of the holocaust in comic book form- quite an original thing to do. His story is an important one to tell. However, this does not take away the fact that Spiegelman can't draw. The art is in black and white with no rendering and Spiegelman's style is flat and bland.
In this comic book, the jews are mice and the Nazis are cats. The people have animal heads and human bodies-like Rupert bear! That is the last thing you want to think about when reading a book about the holocaust.
And as a person who has experienced having mice in my house (mouse droppings in the cutlery drawer is not pleasant) I find it hard to sympathise with any cartoon mouse.

More Important Than Mickey (2/3 people found this helpful)

I cannot be the only person who had become jaded by Hollywood's over use of the "Holocaust" button as a short circuit to character depth and motivation. Then I read this and was moved much more than all those movies and TV dramas could ever manage.

As has been said elsewhere, overcome your reluctance to read and comic book/graphic novel and this book rewards with lifelong meaning and resonance. Clever, funny and desperately sad all at once.

Maus (5/5 people found this helpful)

There is a huge amount of holocaust literature available, lots of it well written and moving but this graphic novel packs quite a punch and is all the more engrossing because of its cartoon form.
I found it just as affecting as Primo Levi's books which is high praise indeed. I have lent this to family who, like me, found it gut wrenching but rewarding. And none of us read comics or graphic novels ever. If you don't either, make this the exception. Should be essential reading.

Genius (4/5 people found this helpful)

There's nothing much you can say about this comic book in words! The feelings you get from reading it belongs inside your heart & mind. It was so addictive I couldn't put it down. I was sad to finish it so quickly. I'm glad I read it, it's a masterpiece.

The best Graphic Novel I have read (9/10 people found this helpful)

This graphic novel intertwines two stories: that of a Jewish family during the Holocaust, and a son's contemporary attempt to come to terms with his families history and the legacy it has bequeathed. At it's heart, this is the story of a father and son's relationship and their struggles to bridge the generation gap and understand one another. Meticulously drawn with awe inspiring attention to detail (different animals represent the various nationalities), Maus delivers a fresh and modern dilemma between honouring memory, and moving on from it. Frequently hilarious and always poignant, there is magic somewhere in these pictures.

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