Review

Shalomm TMTN viewers! Yes, it has been a long time since I posted. But coupled with my laptop going in for repairs, and my hectic schedule, I just don't have time anymore to post. UNTIL NOW!
That being said, I now bring you a review of a graphic novelsI have been reading.
Maus: A survivor's tale, Book 1: My father bleeds history
95/100
 Maus is part memoir, part autobiography, part graphic novel, and overall, quite brilliant in its design. The story tells the tale of Art Spiegelman (the writer and illustrator), a cartoonist , who is learning the life story of his holocaust survivor father, Vladek. The author/illustrator brilliantly incorporates the narrative of Vladek's story along with the subplot of Vladek's own personal life, and Art's struggles with his own emotions and his father's stubborness. It should also be mentioned that the cartoonist portrays the characters as different animals, primarily with Jews as mice and cats and Nazi Germans. I personally think this is a brilliant cartoon metaphor, almost alike to Tommy Douglas's 'Mouseland' speech. (If you don't know who he is, shame on you.)
The story is as emotional as any memoir, but the cartoons of these mice, in human clothes and settings, just bring Maus up to a newer, bigger level. The story runs very smoothly, transitioning from Vladek's Holocaust flashbacks, to the present day interview with Art.
Combining something as dramatic as a Holocaust tale with such a typically low key style as a graphic novel is a bold move, but Art Spigelman manages to pull it off beautifully.
So, therefore, this book is a
*BROADWAY BOOK OF THE WEEK*
(Catchy, huh?)
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