Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780141014081
ISBN: 0141014083
Label: Penguin
Manufacturer: Penguin
Number Of Pages: 296
Publication Date: October 02, 2003
Publisher: Penguin
Studio: Penguin

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Rating: - A novel approach
Somewhat of a cliché to say but this book truly was what made me thing of a comic a something other than a mode of communicating with pre-pubescent children. Though the illustrations may not be spectacular the story certainly is and perhaps less simple illustrations would have taken away from this. The book tells the story of the narrator's father in World War 2, as a Jew in the concentration camps and his life afterwards. Interestingly also we get the story of the authors guilt about the lack of ... Read More

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Rating: - An extraordinary achievement !
A lot of people are put off by a comic book. It's not art, it's not literature, it's just kids entertainment, isn't it? Think again. Maus deservingly won the Pulitzer Prize and is one of the most moving and chilling books I have ever read.

The true story of a holocaust survivor and the permanent effects it had on him and his family.

I actually had tears in my eyes at more than one point. At a comic book??? That's how good this is. Don't be put off by the comic book style; ... Read More

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Rating: - Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant!!
Once you open this book it is nearly impossible to stop. Even people who normally do not like books will love this one. It's a comic but not comical.. (unless your sense of humour is very very dark). It let's you experience the horrors of the holocaust more realistically than any other book or film I have seen about it.

I love this book and could not recommend it more highly. Enjoy.

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Rating: - Are you trying to avoid it?
I had known of this book for about a year when i finally decided to buy it. I was put off by the slightly dodgy artwork and the very serious nature of the plot which to me is not what comics are about. Anyway,I wanted to read it so i could come on hear and rant about how it is an over-rated waste of time but I cant. The art isnt perfect i agree but it has its charms and as you read the story you really do get into the simplistic nature of it,it works for this,it doesnt distract from the story which over ... Read More

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Rating: - Masterpiece
Only graphic novel to date to win the Pulitzer Price.

That should be compelling enough to endear anyone to this masterwork.

The drawing isn't perhaps as expressive as that of Sacco, but the novelty in Maus not only comes from the controversial bestialization of the characters (Poles are pigs, Jews are mice, Germans are cats, etc) but also from the timeline jumps that mix the chilling tale of Vladek's survival of Auschwitz and the author's process of discovery and acceptance of his ... Read More

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