The definitive edition of the graphic novel acclaimed as “the most affecting and successful
narrative ever done about the Holocaust”(Wall Street Journal) and “the first masterpiece in
comic book history”(The New Yorker)• PULITZER PRIZE WINNER• One of Variety's “Banned
and Challenged Books Everyone Should Read” A brutally moving work of art—widely hailed
as the greatest graphic novel ever written—Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the
author's father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as …

A memoir of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and about his son, a
cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father, his story, and history. Cartoon format
portrays Jews as mice, Nazis as cats. Using a unique comic-strip-as-graphic-art format, the
story of Vladek Spiegelman's passage through the Nazi Holocaust is told in his own words.
Acclaimed as a" quiet triumph" and a" brutally moving work of art," the first volume of Art
Spiegelman's Maus introduced readers to Vladek Spiegelman. The story succeeds perfectly …