Author Spiegelman interviews his father, a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor, while representing various groups in the story as animals. A landmark classic in the publishing world of graphic novels and nonfictional art.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and numerous other awards.
Banned
2022 - Removed from the curriculum in McMinn County Schools, Tennessee for language, nudity, violence, suicide, age appropriateness, and not meeting community standards.
Sources
Chris Boyette (January 28, 2022). "A Tennessee school board removed the graphic novel 'Maus,' about the Holocaust, from curriculum due to language and nudity concerns". CNN. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
Gorman, Steve (January 28, 2022). "Tennessee school board bans Holocaust-themed graphic novel 'Maus'". Reuters. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
Guzman, Francisco (January 27, 2022). "What we know about the removal of Holocaust book 'Maus' by a Tennessee school board". The Tennessean. Nashville. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
Spiegelman, Art. Maus. Pantheon Books, 1991.
Wegner, Rachel (January 27, 2022). "Tennessee school board's removal of Holocaust book 'Maus' draws international attention". The Tennessean. Nashville. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
