Maus

Art Spiegelmans 'Maus' is a monumental work that recounts his fathers experiences as a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor. By depicting Jews as mice and Nazis as cats, Spiegelman creates a powerful, distancing effect that makes the horrors of the past more digestible yet deeply impactful. It is the only graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize, cementing its status as a cornerstone of 20th-century literature. It is essential reading for anyone interested in how the medium can address profound historical trauma with grace and intellectual rigor.