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Average rating3.8
Visually and emotionally rich, MetaMaus is as groundbreaking as the masterpiece whose creation it reveals. In the pages of MetaMaus, Art Spiegelman re-enters the Pulitzer prize-winning Maus, the modern classic that has altered how we see literature, comics, and the Holocaust ever since it was first published twenty-five years ago. He probes the questions that Maus most often evokes -- Why the Holocaust? Why mice? Why comics? -- and gives us a new and essential work about the creative process. MetaMaus includes a bonus DVD-R that provides a digitized reference copy of The Complete Maus linked to a deep archive of audio interviews with his survivor father, historical documents, and a wealth of Spiegelman's private notebooks and sketches. Compelling and intimate, MetaMaus is poised to become a classic in its own right. - Publisher.
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I was glad to take my time with this one (I needed 2 library renewals), and I was glad I had recently re-read Maus but wished I had a copy of Maus actually with me at the same time to occasionally flip back to specific pages referenced. (I work at a library, I could have gotten one but I was lazy! Deal with it)
Really compelling and interesting to learn more both about Spiegelman's family history as well as his artistic process and the kind of response to Maus generally. I didn't listen to the included audio CD of the interviews with his father but wow what a valuable resource to have shared with the world at large.