Items related to Maus: A Survivor's Tale, My Father Bleeds History
The author-illustrator traces his father's imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp through a series of disarming and unusual cartoons arranged to tell the story as a novel
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
"Maus is a book that cannot be put down, truly, even to sleep. When two of the mice speak of love, you are moved, when they suffer, you weep. Slowly through this little tale comprised of suffering, humor and life's daily trials, you are captivated by the language of an old Eastern European family, and drawn into the gentle and mesmerizing rhythm, and when you finish Maus, you are unhappy to have left that magical world."--Umberto Eco
-Maus is a book that cannot be put down, truly, even to sleep. When two of the mice speak of love, you are moved, when they suffer, you weep. Slowly through this little tale comprised of suffering, humor and life's daily trials, you are captivated by the language of an old Eastern European family, and drawn into the gentle and mesmerizing rhythm, and when you finish Maus, you are unhappy to have left that magical world.---Umberto Eco
About the Author:
-Maus is a book that cannot be put down, truly, even to sleep. When two of the mice speak of love, you are moved, when they suffer, you weep. Slowly through this little tale comprised of suffering, humor and life's daily trials, you are captivated by the language of an old Eastern European family, and drawn into the gentle and mesmerizing rhythm, and when you finish Maus, you are unhappy to have left that magical world.---Umberto Eco
Art Spiegelman has been a staff artist and contributing editor at The New Yorker, as well as the cofounder/coeditor of RAW, the acclaimed magazine of avant-garde comics and graphics. In addition to Maus--which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and twice nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award--he is the author ofBreakdowns and In the Shadow of No Towers. He lives in New York City with his wife, Francoise Mouly . . . and a cat.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherDemco Media
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0606241817
- ISBN 13 9780606241816
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages160
- Rating
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Maus: A Survivor's Tale, Vol. 1: My Father Bleeds History
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Library Binding. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.05. Seller Inventory # G0606241817I3N00
Buy Used
£ 74.34
Convert currency