The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale

Art Spiegelman

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Nov 19, 1996 - Comics & Graphic Novels - 296 pages

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 menacing cats. 

Maus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the author’s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history's most unspeakable tragedies. It is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma.

Contents

• Section 1: 9
• Section 2: 14
• Section 3: 16
• Section 4: 46
• Section 5: 47
• Section 6: 50
• Section 7: 52
• Section 8: 68
• Section 9: 76
• Section 10: 92
• Section 11: 103
• Section 12: 104
• Section 13: 117
• Section 14: 150
• Section 15: 159
• Section 16: 164
• Section 17: 167
• Section 18: 172
• Section 19: 213
• Section 20: 218
• Section 21: 232
• Section 22: 234
• Section 23: 243
• Section 24: 245
• Section 25: 247
• Section 26: 252
• Section 27: 255
• Section 28: 256
• Section 29: 258
• Section 30: 270
• Section 31: 271
• Section 32: 272
• Section 33: 285

About the author

ART SPIEGELMAN is one of the world’s most admired and beloved comic artists, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning Holocaust narrative, Maus. Born in Stockholm in 1948, Spiegelman began studying cartooning in high school and drawing professionally at age sixteen. He studied art and philosophy at Harpur College before joining the underground comics movement in the 1960s. Spiegelman taught history and the aesthetics of comics at the School of Visual Arts in New York from 1979 to 1986, and in 1980 he founded RAW, the acclaimed avant-garde comics magazine, with his wife, Françoise Mouly. Honors Spiegelman has received include induction into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame and the Art Director’s Club Hall of Fame. In 2005, he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. He was made an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2007, and in 2011 he was awarded the Grand Prix at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. In 2015, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2018 he became the first comic artist to receive the Edward MacDowell Medal. His art has been exhibited at museums throughout the world, including the Pompidou Center in Paris, the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Jewish Museum in New York City, and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale; Pantheon Graphic Library
• Author: Art Spiegelman
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1996
• ISBN: 0679406417, 9780679406419
• Length: 296 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Comics & Graphic Novels / Nonfiction / General; History / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust