Maus by Art Spiegelman

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Publication Information: New York: Pantheon Books copyright 1986. 159 p.

Sequel: Maus: a survivor's tale II: and here my troubles began.

Summary: 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.

Non-fiction
Reading Level: Adults

Pulitzer Prize 1992
YALSA 100 Best Books (1950 - 2000)
YALSA Best Books for the College-Bound 1999

The book alternates the stories told by Spiegelman's father, Vladek, about life in Poland before and during WWII and the distressed relationship between Spiegelman and his father and his second wife. The first part of this two part series ends abruptly with Spiegelman having an awful fight with his father.

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