Lending Shelf: Maus

December 13, 2009 at 1:11 pm · Filed under Pop Culture, Roba

Rating

Art Spiegelman’s Maus is definitely one of the best graphic novels I’ve ever come across (though my favorite ever is still Satrapi’s Persepolis). It’s simple, it gives off its point clearly, and it’s mind-bogglingly human.

The book is about the stories told by Spiegelman’s father Vladek Spiegelman about life in Poland before and during the Second World War. It recounts Vladek’s story of living in the late 1930s and his tragic life during the war which ultimately leads him to Auschwitz.

I haven’t seen Maus being sold in Amman, but if you find it, then by all means, go ahead.

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Other book reviews on AndFarAway:

The Mists of Avalon 
All My Friends are Superheroes 
The Lord of the Rings
His Dark Materials
Persepolis
Harry Potter
Twilight
Blood and Gold
1984
Maus
Fatal Identities
The Time Traveller’s Wife
The Alchemist
Eleven Minutes






  • june

    nice book, the illustration style is also interesting here

  • Chris

    The young half of my family floated over here from Poland, so I got a dogeared hand-me-down pretty quickly after publication, VERY human. Good ol’ 1984, Macintosh couldn’t have picked a better novel to base their first commercial on huh?

  • Chris

    D’oh! Just sat back down after a pizza pig out, guess you already knew that was a brilliant ad. Blue=links Chris, links.

  • http://andfaraway.net Roba

    June, it is interesting, it’s unique.

    Chris, hehe, it was a brilliant ad :) One of my favorite ads ever :) I think it’s my favorite dystopian book, when compared to “Brave New World” and Ayn Rand’s books.

  • http://rawi.wordpress.com/ rawi

    I agree, I think MAUS is one of the best graphic novels of all time! Spiegelman’s daughter actually showed up once on “People You May Know” on my Facebook home page :-)

    But, I’m a fan of Satrapi too. You should also check out Joe Sacco’s Palestine if you haven’t already. Very, very different style but interesting nonetheless.

  • imad

    great book i have it if anyone’s interested too.
    have you read a similar book by Joe Sacco called “Palestine”? Also illustrated (comic book style), with an introduction by Edward Said. got it too.

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