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Maus, by Art Spiegelman, in 10 MInutes
This week, we're diving into Maus—Art Spiegelman's groundbreaking graphic novel that somehow manages to tell a Holocaust survivor's story through… cartoon mice and cats. But don't let the drawings fool you—Maus is raw, layered, and emotionally devastating. It weaves together two timelines: the harrowing experiences of Vladek Spiegelman, a Polish Jew who survives Auschwitz, and the present-day struggles between father and son as Art tries to make sense of trauma, memory, and inheritance. It's part memoir, part history, part deeply human family drama—all told in black-and-white panels that hit…
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