num_pages: 159
description: Some historical events simply beggar any attempt at description--the Holocaust is one of these. Characterising the Nazis as cats and the Jews as mice, this book recounts, through a complex and sustained allegory the experiences of the author's father in Auschwitz during WWII.
language: English
title: Maus: My Father Bleeds History Pt. 1: A Survivor's Tale
titlecomplete: Maus: My Father Bleeds History Pt. 1: A Survivor's Tale (Penguin Graphic Fiction)
characters: Art Spiegelman, Anja Spiegelman, Mala Spiegelman, Vladek Spiegelman
genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Historical, War, Graphic Novels Comics, Nonfiction, Holocaust, History, Memoir, Biography
ratings_count: 320515
places: Poland, New York City, New York, Auschwitz
series: Maus
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Letters Award, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Prix du Festival d'Angoulême
category: Alfred du meilleur album étranger, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Urhunden Prize
category: Foreign Album, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography/Autobiography
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd