Overview
- Summary
- The New York cartoonist traces the creative process that went into drawing his Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, revealing the sources of his inspiration and describing his parents' emotional struggles as Holocaust survivors after the end of World War II.
- Variant Title
- Meta Maus
- Format
- Video
- Published
- New York : Pantheon Books, [2011]
©2011 - Locale
- Poland
United States - Edition
- First edition
- Contents
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Why the Holocaust?
Family album
The early Maus
Why mice?
Why comics?
Family tree
Vladek's transcript
Memories of Anja
Chronology. - Notes
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Part 1 of the DVD-ROM contains a digital reference copy of both volumes of Maus, hyperlinked to an archive of sketches and page drafts, audio clips of Vladek (Spiegelman's survivor father) about his life as a Polish Jew during World War II, as well as documentary source material, video clips, and audio commentary by the cartoonist; pt. 2 contains a collection of supplementary documents, sources, and commentary.
Includes index.
Why the Holocaust? -- Family album -- The early Maus -- Why mice? -- Why comics? -- Family tree -- Vladek's transcript -- Memories of Anja -- Chronology.
System requirements for DVD-ROM: Windows XP or later (XP/Vista/Windows 7) ; Intel or PowerPC Macintosh (Mac OS X 10.4 or later) ; Quicktime ; screen resolution 1024x768 or greater.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780375423949
037542394X - Physical Description
- 299 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm + 1 DVD-ROM (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
Keywords & Subjects
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- 2024-06-21 18:50:00
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