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Maus A Survivor s Tale by Art Spiegelman: Art Spiegelman's Maus: A Different Look at the Holocaust

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:44:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jetbluefan1 - Art Spiegelman's Maus is an extraordinary novel which depicts the horror and grueling life led by a Jewish man during the years of the holocaust. Covering the time of freedom, to the rise of the Nazis, to the forced move to the ghettos, to hiding from...

Maus A Survivor s Tale by Art Spiegelman: Cat vs. Maus

Tue, 2 Mar 2004 16:55:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author letswreck - Though some readers may find the graphic novel (comic book) approach to be too lighthearted for such a core-shaking topic as Hitler's Europe, Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize winning "Maus" tugs at the heart strings and stirs up intense emotion just as...

Maus A Survivor s Tale by Art Spiegelman: surprisingly engaging

Tue, 30 Dec 2003 18:12:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author r_cragun - Summary: Art (Artie) Spiegelman is a cartoonist and the son of holocaust survivors, Vladek and Anna Spiegelman. Despite a rocky relationship with his parents (resulting in years of therapy), Art eventually makes the decision to tell his parents' story...

Maus A Survivor s Tale by Art Spiegelman: Maus- Hell for Rats (Jews)

Sun, 7 Sep 2003 14:24:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quipowerty - Note: This essay covers both Maus and Maus II. Maus is the story of Vladek Spiegelman, Art's father, who suffered in Auschwitz as a slave laborer for a full year until the end of WWII, then went on to suffer even more tragedies. Art Spiegelman, just...

Maus A Survivor s Tale by Art Spiegelman: A game of cat and MAUS

Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:09:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - The Holocaust was...is...will forever remain, the single most diabolical and depraved, cold-b...

Maus A Survivor s Tale by Art Spiegelman: Open your mind, and your eyes will follow...

Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:28:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dulljman - Having a preconceived notion about a book or novel usually works to the disadvantage of the piece of literature, especially if the reader is keeping a closed mind about the narrative. However Maus seems to embrace these presumptions. You can almost feel...

Maus A Survivor s Tale by Art Spiegelman: Maus: A Survivor's Tale: A survivor's child gets the whole story

Mon, 1 Apr 2002 06:17:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author naphtalia - Dad's never been a fan of the funny pages, so when Maus came out, it was a struggle to get him to pick up the copies that had been given to him as gifts. Once we convinced him, however, he became as big a fan as there was of the books. He has since given...

Maus A Survivor s Tale by Art Spiegelman: Tom follows the Fuhrer, and Jerry is a filthy Jew.

Fri, 7 Dec 2001 10:28:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Patach - I pondered a little bit before even thinking about typing up this review.

Maus isn’t a comic book in the sense of how America unfairly judges a comic book. Maus is too great to fit in the category of superheroes and dumb cartoon...

Maus A Survivor s Tale by Art Spiegelman: WHERE NO MAUS HAS GONE BEFORE

Thu, 25 Oct 2001 22:29:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BR-549.5 - With Maus: A Survivors Tale; (volumes 1&2) Art Spiegelman has created a brilliant work in the underdeveloped category of non-juvenile, illustrated literature, otherwise known as the 'graphic novel'.

As the subject matter is not fiction, Maus...

Maus A Survivor s Tale by Art Spiegelman: Maus tells a story you should not miss

Thu, 18 Jan 2001 04:01:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Twinky - Maus was the first graphic novel I ever read and the best way I can describe it is an experience. Don’t be fooled by the comic format, this is a serious book by a great author. I realize that is yet another Holocaust story, but if you haven’t been...

Maus A Survivor s Tale by Art Spiegelman: Of mice and men

Tue, 12 Dec 2000 18:44:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author FirekittenMary - "Away with Jewish brutalization of the people! Down with Mickey Mouse! Wear the Swastika Cross!" This excerpt from a newspaper article from Pomerania, Germany in the mid 1930's is strategically placed before the dedication of Art...

Maus A Survivor s Tale by Art Spiegelman: Unlike anything you've ever read

Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:30:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author xgollum - Before I read the crow, which got me into comics, just when I was finishing up with my fascination with the holocaust, after reading Night, by Elie Wiesel, I found this at my local library. There are two volumes, Maus I & II, and I will review both...

Maus A Survivor s Tale by Art Spiegelman: Unforgetable book, worth sharing

Thu, 28 Sep 2000 20:55:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Pampushky - I had looked at this book over and over again at bookstores, and kept returning it. Finally, I bought it on an online auction, and immediately went out and bought MAUS II. This book was impossible to put down, and made me cry.

I have a minor...

Maus A Survivor s Tale by Art Spiegelman: The best of modern comics

Tue, 11 Jul 2000 00:51:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shaunb - "Maus" is one of those strange books, which have a tendency to seem like fiction or even fantasy, but don't be fooled it's absolutely true.

The biographical accounts of how Spiegelman's father survived a Nazi death camp are told in a...

Maus A Survivor s Tale by Art Spiegelman: MAUS a gripping SURVIVOR'S TALE

Wed, 21 Jun 2000 18:05:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author SKAD13 - Maus: A Survivor's Tale is a one-of-a-kind take on the Holocaust. Cartoonist Art Spiegelman (now best known for his contributions to The New Yorker magazine) took the unique route of telling the story of his father Vladek, a Holocaust survivor, in...

Maus A Survivor s Tale by Art Spiegelman: Unique way of looking at the holocaust

Fri, 26 May 2000 09:31:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author big_loser - I really don't remember how i got into reading this book. All i know is that i wasn't able to stop. I was strangely compelled to continue turning the pages. My eyes were glued to the pages and i was totally emerged in Germany and Poland during World War...

Maus A Survivor s Tale by Art Spiegelman: Maus- Do not miss this book!

Sun, 27 Feb 2000 01:37:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author artra - "Maus; A Survivor's Tale" by Art Spiegelman has to be one of the most powerful books I have read. I nearly inhaled this book when I first received it at age fifteen, finishing it in one school night. Now as an Illustrator I especially recall...

Maus A Survivor s Tale by Art Spiegelman: Mighty Maus

Tue, 1 Feb 2000 14:14:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Krypnotine - Rare is the time I go pick up a comic book, and even more rare is the time I actually find myself lost in its world. Though Im part of a generation of comic book readers, I never really got into them. I only collected a few, and sadly, they are...