Maus - The Hardcover Edition

Adaptational by Skye Thorleifson

Dec 4, 201900:57:56TV & Film

What makes a comic book starring people with animal heads stand out as a literary masterpiece? How brutal can a depiction of the Holocaust get on the page? What happens when an author is determined not to have his work a...

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