{"product_id":"maus-ii-a-survivors-tale-and-here-my-troubles-began","title":"Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJacket Description\/Flap\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMAUS was the first half of the tale of survival of the author's parents, charting their desperate progress from prewar Poland Auschwitz. Here is the continuation, in which the father survives the camp and is at last reunited with his wife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Chapters one through four were originally published in somewhat different form in Raw magazine between 1986 and 1991\"--T.p. verso.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChapters one through four were originally published in somewhat different form in Raw magazine between 1986 and 1991--T.p. verso.;Color map on p. [4] of cover.;An autobiographical and biographical cartoon in which the author explores his strained relationship with his father, an Auschwitz survivor, while also relating the story of his parent's experiences as Jews in wartime Poland, as told to him by his dad during a series of conversations they had years later in New York and Vermont.;012 and up.;Pulitzer Prize, 1992.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eART SPIEGELMAN\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the world's most admired and beloved comic artists, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning Holocaust narrative, \n\u003ci\u003eMaus\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Stockholm in 1948, Spiegelman began studying cartooning in high school and drawing professionally at age sixteen. He studied art and philosophy at Harpur College before joining the underground comics movement in the 1960s. Spiegelman taught history and the aesthetics of comics at the School of Visual Arts in New York from 1979 to 1986, and in 1980 he founded \n\u003ci\u003eRAW, \u003c\/i\u003ethe acclaimed avant-garde comics magazine, with his wife, Françoise Mouly. Honors Spiegelman has received include induction into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame and the Art Director's Club Hall of Fame. In 2005, he was named one of \n\u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine's 100 Most Influential People. He was made an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2007, and in 2011 he was awarded the Grand Prix at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. In 2015, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2018 he became the first comic artist to receive the Edward MacDowell Medal. His art has been exhibited at museums throughout the world, including the Pompidou Center in Paris, the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Jewish Museum in New York City, and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"The most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eMaus\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \n\u003ci\u003eMaus\u003c\/i\u003e, you are unhappy to have left that magical world.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Umberto Eco\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In part two of \n\u003ci\u003eMaus\u003c\/i\u003e, Art Spiegelman finishes his masterpiece . . . You can't help witnessing--even feeling--the act of private pain being transformed into lasting truth.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the most poweful and original memoirs to come along in recent years . . . An epic story told in tiny pictures.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Maus I\" was the first half of the tale of survival of the author's parents, charting their desperate progress from pre-war Poland Auschwitz. Here is the continuation, in which the father survives the camp and is at last reunited with his wife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling second installment of the graphic novel acclaimed as \"the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"the first masterpiece in comic book history\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cb\u003e- PULITZER PRIZE WINNER \u003cb\u003e- One of \u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Banned and Challenged Books Everyone Should Read\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eA brutally moving work of art--widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written-- \n\u003ci\u003eMaus\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the chilling experiences of the author's father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMaus\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the author's account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history's most unspeakable tragedies. It is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/01\/2001 pg. 979 (EAN 9780679729778, Paperback)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 09\/07\/1992 (EAN 9780679729778, Paperback)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Spiegelman, Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantheon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1992-09-01\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e History|Jewish|General|Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography|Historical|History|Wars \u0026amp; Conflicts|World War II - General|Comics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels|Nonfiction|General|History|Modern|20th Century - Holocaust|Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography|Memoirs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Spiegelman, Vladek|Spiegelman, Art|Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)|Poland|Holocaust survivors|United States|Children of Holocaust survivors|Graphic novels|Historical comics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679729778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780679729778\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pantheon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51154171691286,"sku":"SP-9780679729778","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780679729778_spiral.png?v=1774935341","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/maus-ii-a-survivors-tale-and-here-my-troubles-began","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}