MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus [Hardcover]

***NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNER***

Visually and emotionally rich,MetaMausis as groundbreaking as the masterpiece whose creation it reveals.
 
In the pages ofMetaMaus, Art Spiegelman re-enters the Pulitzer prize–winningMaus, 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 thatMausmost often evokes—Why the Holocaust? Why mice? Why comics?—and gives us a new and essential work about the creative process.
 
MetaMausincludes a bonus DVD-R that provides a digitized reference copy ofThe Complete Mauslinked to a deep archive of audio interviews with his survivor father, historical documents, and a wealth of Spiegelman’s private notebooks and sketches.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,MetaMausis poised to become a classic in its own right.

“Richly rewarding…The book also serves as a master class on the making and reading of comics…The last frame encapsulates in one single moment the artfulness behind the tale we’ve just read, and the uneasy combination of filial pride and anger that flowed throughMausand flows throughMetamausas well.” –The New York Times Book Review

 “Why the Holocaust? Why mice? Why comics? Spiegelman answers intelligently, articulately, and with a high degree of psychological and aesthetic penetration.” –Booklist, starred review

“As a floor plan for endless exploration, it is the Haus That “Maus” Built…Pick any page and gaze. The windows into these stories aboutthestory are to be found at every turn, filling the space with insightful light.” –Washington Post’sComic Riffs
 
“Art Spiegelman has done more than any l³.