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At last! Here is the definitive edition of the book acclaimed as 0;the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust1; (Wall Street Journal) and 0;the first masterpiece in comic book history1; (The New Yorker). It now appears as it was originally envisioned by the author:The Complete Maus. It is the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler7;s Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father7;s story.Mausapproaches the unspeakable through the diminutive. Its form, the cartoon (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), shocks us out of any lingering sense of familiarity and succeeds in 0;drawing us closer to the bleak heart of the Holocaust1; (The New York Times). Mausis a haunting tale within a tale. Vladek7;s harrowing story of survival is woven into the author7;s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father. Against the backdrop of guilt brought by survival, they stage a normal life of small arguments and unhappy visits. This astonishing retelling of our century7;s grisliest news is a story of survival, not only of Vladek but of the children who survive even the survivors.Mausstudies the bloody pawprints of history and tracks its meaning for all of us.