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Singout
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I was intrigued by this from the #Nonfiction2024 list, and hope to read the first volume when available. This sequel centres on the author‘s challenging interviews with his father and their complex relationship, intertwined with his father‘s grim narrative of survival and liberation from a series of Nazi death camps. I consider it non-fiction although it‘s often labelled as a graphic novel: creatively portraying people as various animals. #Maus

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Want to guess why it ends up on the banned booked list so often? 3w
Singout @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Ostensibly because it has bad words and a picture of a naked mouse in it. But I can think of other reasons. I read a good story about how it was expunged from the library in Athens, Tennessee, and then somebody donated boxes of it to the library, and the kids distributed them everywhere. 3w
Riveted_Reader_Melissa I heard the pictures of naked cartoon mice 🤷‍♀️. That‘s a great story from TN though 3w
Riveted_Reader_Melissa I remember being a bit shocked, because from Tom and Jerry to Garfield, all cartoon mice are naked except maybe a bow tie 😂 3w
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thewallflower0707
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I have read a lot of stories about the Holocaust, both Fiction and lots of Non-Fiction. #Maus offers a completely new perspective, both from the survivors themselves and the next generation. It depicts trauma in a very harrowing way. A must-read, for older teens as well.

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VioletMoonBooks
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smitedandsmitten
The Complete Maus | Art Spiegelman
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Bought today! I'm excited to read this; it's been on my #tbr for the longest time. It's so incredibly important to read these testaments of the Holocaust and to remember with clarity so that it may never happen again. I feel privileged to have this. I'll update once I start reading, but I plan on finishing my current reads first (Carl Sagan and Cormac McCarthy).

#maus #artspiegelman #history #worldwar2 #ww2 #toberead #amazonbooks #amazonreads

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Megabooks
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This book reminded me of all the beautiful and heartbreaking stories my Palestinian friend Laila told me in college.

Anaële is a Belgian volunteer worker in Palestine for 9 months. Her sister, Delphine, who was in Belgium, illustrated their correspondence for this epistolary graphic memoir.

(Anecdote: Laila is now a cookbook author and was on Bourdain‘s Parts Unknown Palestine episode. Link below ⬇️)

#readingasia2021 #palestine #hoopla

Librarybelle Another graphic novel I may have to try. 😁 4y
Megabooks @Librarybelle it‘s books like this that I would not have sought out otherwise that make me happy I‘m doing this challenge! 4y
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sherri Read this a few years back. It was so well done. 4y
BarbaraBB I‘m so happy for the discoveries we make thanks to the challenges! 4y
Megabooks @sherri totally agree! 4y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB absolutely! 4y
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Astroneman
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Victoria_Clyne I read this one earlier this year. It is amazing. 4y
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Querencia
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"But here God didn't come. We were all on our own".
If this doesn't move you and scar you emotionally, I don't know what will. It's a horror story beyond anything, and also a character study of this surviving father ?
Maus 2 continues the story and focuses on the brutality of the holocaust in agonizing detail, gripping, terrifying and eye opening.
#classic #Maus #history #true #story

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Querencia
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Simple yet powerful 🖤 The comic style was vibrant with life and gave way to a movie experience. Although we have known a lot about the holocaust, reading a personal story with such emotions is haunting even now. A time when humanity lost it's path 💔
#Maus : A survivor's tale. Another classic experience ❤

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