--- product_id: 47905059 title: "The Complete MAUS: The Pulitzer-winning graphic novel depicting the Holocaust - by the author who transformed the genre" price: "¥7307" currency: JPY in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/47905059-the-complete-maus-the-pulitzer-winning-graphic-novel-depicting-holocaust store_origin: JP region: Japan --- # Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece Unique anthropomorphic storytelling Definitive combined edition (Maus I & II) The Complete MAUS: The Pulitzer-winning graphic novel depicting the Holocaust - by the author who transformed the genre **Price:** ¥7307 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🐭 Dive into history’s most haunting graphic masterpiece — don’t miss owning this cultural icon! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Complete MAUS: The Pulitzer-winning graphic novel depicting the Holocaust - by the author who transformed the genre - **How much does it cost?** ¥7307 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/47905059-the-complete-maus-the-pulitzer-winning-graphic-novel-depicting-holocaust) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Powerful Visual Storytelling:** Anthropomorphic characters transform history into an unforgettable narrative. - • **Raw, Personal Holocaust Memoir:** A brutally honest father-son journey through survival and memory. - • **Definitive Edition for Collectors:** Complete Maus I & II in one volume—essential for any serious bookshelf. - • **Pulitzer Prize-Winning Graphic Novel:** The only graphic novel ever honored with the Pulitzer, redefining literary art. - • **Culturally Impactful & Critically Acclaimed:** Hailed as the greatest graphic novel of all time with 10,000+ glowing reviews. ## Overview The Complete MAUS is the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman, combining Maus I and II into a definitive edition. It uniquely portrays Holocaust survivor Vladek Spiegelman’s story through anthropomorphic characters, blending raw personal memoir with historical narrative. Celebrated as the greatest graphic novel ever, it offers a profound, visually striking exploration of survival, memory, and legacy. ## Description The first and only graphic novel to win the Pulitzer Prize, MAUS is a brutally moving work of art about a Holocaust survivor -- and the son who survives him 'The first masterpiece in comic book history' The New Yorker Maus tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father's story. Approaching the unspeakable through the diminutive (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), Vladek's harrowing story of survival is woven into the author's account of his tortured relationship with his aging father. Against the backdrop of guilt brought by survival, they stage a normal life of small arguments and unhappy visits, studying the bloody pawprints of history and tracking its meaning for those who come next. HAILED AS THE GREATEST GRAPHIC NOVEL OF ALL TIME, THIS COMBINED, DEFINITIVE EDITION INCLUDES MAUS I: A SURVIVOR'S TALE AND MAUS II . ___________________________________________________________________________ 'The most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust' Wall Street Journal 'A brutally moving work of art' Boston Globe ' No summary can do justice to Spiegelman's narrative skill' Adam Gopnik 'Like all great stories, it tells us more about ourselves than we could ever suspect ' Philip Pullman ' A capital-G Genius ' Michael Chabon Review: Essential graphic novel reading - After watching Nerdwriter1's video essay of Maus I was very interested in buying the graphic novel, and honestly that video couldn't fully describe the joy I felt reading it. It's been a while since I've read Maus so bear with me while I recount what I can remember about it. Maus follows Art Spiegelman interviewing his father Vladek Spiegelman about how he survived the holocaust. The characters, including Art himself, are drawn as anthropomorphic animals in a style that's very unique. Each animal corresponds to a certain group in the graphic novel: the Jewish as mice, the Germans as cats, the Polish as pigs, and the Americans as dogs (I don't remember if other groups like the British are depicted). This stylistic choice is very important: it's reclaiming the style of propaganda that the Nazi's used to depict the Jewish (in particular how they dehumanized the Jewish by depicting them as pitch black rats. The mice in Maus are the opposite being the colour white). The story as a whole is Vladek's experience during Europe's most horrific time, his other stories like how he met Art's mother, with Art's experience and stories coming in from time to time. In fact, one part that focuses on Art's experience is one of my favourite parts of the whole comic, which is the start of the Time Flies chapter until about page 207. It's a very personal and raw look at Art's perspective on his family's life, on Maus itself a bit, the dogged interviewers and greedy licensers he had to deal with, he solace when going to his therapist, then it capped off with a lonely sigh as the tape played Vladek's last issue with his wife and then continued with the story. The whole comic is honest, real, and poignantly written, and the beautiful ink pen drawings add so much to the story. I won't bore you with a full analysis, I'll just say it's absolutely beautiful and now I want to read it all over again. (Also, it upsets me dearly that some people would ban Maus from school libraries cause it has swastikas...in a WW2 story. Yeah. Any school that has Maus on their shelves deserves my respect) Review: Good - Haven’t read it yet i got it today but it looks amazing the quality is great the art is great and its just rly good ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 5,291 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 15 in Holocaust Biographies 29 in Historical Biographies starting 1901 30 in World War II Biographies (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 10,179 Reviews | ## Images ![The Complete MAUS: The Pulitzer-winning graphic novel depicting the Holocaust - by the author who transformed the genre - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71nXxfnNEcL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Essential graphic novel reading *by A***R on 10 September 2022* After watching Nerdwriter1's video essay of Maus I was very interested in buying the graphic novel, and honestly that video couldn't fully describe the joy I felt reading it. It's been a while since I've read Maus so bear with me while I recount what I can remember about it. Maus follows Art Spiegelman interviewing his father Vladek Spiegelman about how he survived the holocaust. The characters, including Art himself, are drawn as anthropomorphic animals in a style that's very unique. Each animal corresponds to a certain group in the graphic novel: the Jewish as mice, the Germans as cats, the Polish as pigs, and the Americans as dogs (I don't remember if other groups like the British are depicted). This stylistic choice is very important: it's reclaiming the style of propaganda that the Nazi's used to depict the Jewish (in particular how they dehumanized the Jewish by depicting them as pitch black rats. The mice in Maus are the opposite being the colour white). The story as a whole is Vladek's experience during Europe's most horrific time, his other stories like how he met Art's mother, with Art's experience and stories coming in from time to time. In fact, one part that focuses on Art's experience is one of my favourite parts of the whole comic, which is the start of the Time Flies chapter until about page 207. It's a very personal and raw look at Art's perspective on his family's life, on Maus itself a bit, the dogged interviewers and greedy licensers he had to deal with, he solace when going to his therapist, then it capped off with a lonely sigh as the tape played Vladek's last issue with his wife and then continued with the story. The whole comic is honest, real, and poignantly written, and the beautiful ink pen drawings add so much to the story. I won't bore you with a full analysis, I'll just say it's absolutely beautiful and now I want to read it all over again. (Also, it upsets me dearly that some people would ban Maus from school libraries cause it has swastikas...in a WW2 story. Yeah. Any school that has Maus on their shelves deserves my respect) ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good *by M***M on 16 May 2026* Haven’t read it yet i got it today but it looks amazing the quality is great the art is great and its just rly good ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Surviving among the shadows *by A***R on 2 April 2015* I see I'm not in a minority in posting a favourable review for this eloquent graphic novel. It's not a genre I've read much of, but this is a superb showcase for it. For those as yet unaware, Spiegelman's books are here combined, so this is the full volume telling the story of his parents, Vladek and Anja, and their families, and their endurance of persecution as Polish/Jewish citizens in WWII. The narrative is in effect telling the story of how he recorded his father's memories and the process of deciding how best to depict them. Vladek Spiegelman's story is not dissimilar to that of many millions who suffered, but his son's retelling here is moving, honest and even funny. Art's frustration with his ageing father's penny-pinching, for example, is humorously drawn even while Art is questioning whether this extreme behaviour is caused by experience of the ghettos and Auschwitz. It might seem obvious to us, but he knew many other veterans of the camps who were different. Right from the beginning we are told that Anja committed suicide in 1968, while her student son was in the midst of a mental breakdown, and while this isn't further explored, it's as much a book about the far-reaching, long-term consequences of genocide as it is about what life was like in occupied Poland. The final and obvious thing to say is that the characters are all depicted 'Animal Farm' style as creatures, denoted by race as mice (Jewish), cats (Germans), pigs (Polish), frogs (French), dogs (Americans) and moose (Swedish). (There are a couple of fish in there too but I wasn't sure who they represented - Canadians?!) This has raised objections from some quarters, about the connotations of portraying various nationalities as these particular creatures, but for me it was clear that Spiegelman's objectives were to highlight the absurdities of racial discrimination - there are points in the story where Vladek is seen to wear a pig mask, pretending to be Polish, and Art's French wife Francoise asks whether she will be drawn as a frog or a mouse. Needless to say there are 'good' and 'bad' characters depicted among all the races and what ultimately emerges is a portrait of a war not of race against race, but of humanity fighting tyranny, bigotry and despotism in the worst circumstances imaginable. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Complete MAUS: The Pulitzer-winning graphic novel depicting the Holocaust - by the author who transformed the genre - Persepolis --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.jp/products/47905059-the-complete-maus-the-pulitzer-winning-graphic-novel-depicting-holocaust](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/47905059-the-complete-maus-the-pulitzer-winning-graphic-novel-depicting-holocaust) --- *Product available on Desertcart Japan* *Store origin: JP* *Last updated: 2026-09-23*