The Complete Maus (English, Hardcover, Spiegelman Art)

The Complete Maus is the complete collection of graphic novels about Art Spiegelman’s father’s time in the Nazi concentration camp. It brings together Maus, A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History as well as And Here My Troubles Begin.

Summary of the Book

When Art Spiegelman visits his father Vladek to ask him about his time under the Third Reich, the old man begins the story with his first meeting with Vladek’s mother. Prone to his senile lapses and his stereotypical Jewish tendencies, Vladek reveals the cruel reality of Hitler’s regime. Art Spiegelman portrays Jews as mice, Poles as pigs and Nazis as cats. He reveals how his parents were split apart by the Holocaust and thrown into separate concentration camps. Vladek struggles to come into contact with his wife, going to great extents to send word to her that he is alive and well. The story of their escape and their journey to America is a classic example of the terror left behind by the Nazis. This graphic novel is the definitive work of art for all those who wish to understand why the memories of the Holocaust continue to haunt people to this very day.

About Art Spiegelman

Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev, better known as Art Spiegelman, is an American cartoonist, editor and comics advocate. He has also worked on The Wild Party, Open Me, I'm A Dog, Jack Cole and Plastic Man, In the Shadow of No Towers and Breakdowns.

Spiegelman has won several awards for his work on Maus, including an Eisner Award, a Harvey Award and a Pulitzer Prize. Spiegelman has turned down several offers to adapt Maus for film or television.