A SPECIALEDITION BOXSET CREATED TO CELEBRATE THE PULITZERPRIZE WINNING GRAPHIC NOVELS 40TH ANNIVERSARYThe first masterpiece in comic book history The New Yorker The most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust Wall Street JournalA brutally moving work of art widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written MAUS recounts the chilling experiences of the authors father during the Holocaust with Jews drawn as wideeyed mice and Nazis as menacing catsMaus is a haunting tale within a tale weaving the authors account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of historys most unspeakable tragedies It is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of traumaThis paperback box set includes MAUS in its original twovolume format rereleased with an exclusive sixteenpage booklet designed by the artist himself A brutally moving work of art Boston GlobeNo summary can do justice to Spiegelmans narrative skill Adam Gopnik Like all great stories it tells us more about ourselves than we could ever suspect Philip Pullman A capitalG Genius Michael Chabon