Best Selling Books by Art Spiegelman

The reissue of this classic manga''s first volume has impeccable timing. It recounts the bombing of Hiroshima from the perspective of a young boy, Gen, and his family. But the book''s themes (the physical and psychological damage ordinary people suffer from war''s realities) ring chillingly true today. Despite its harrowing nature, this work is invaluable for the lessons it offers in history, humanity and compassion. Published to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing.

"My best drawings have often been on stray scraps of paper, falling somewhere between unconscious doodles and focused drawings ... When McSweeney''s actually offered to produce a large file folder of my scraps, the counterintuitive idea of replicating my detritus goaded me into presenting some sketchbooks that had enough momentum to go on for more than a few pages. One, from 1979, is here called "BE." The most recent one, from 2007, catalyzed this current folly when it stumbled in the world as part of McSweeney''s 27. It''s here called "A." A favorite sketchbook from 1983, "NOSE," completes the set"--Introductory pamphlet "Liner Notes" by Art Spiegelman, p. [2] of Introduction.

''Maus'' nähert sich dem Unbeschreiblichen, dem Mord an Europas Juden, mit den Mitteln des Comic-Strip. ''Maus'' ist Roman und Biographie, Bericht und persönliche Erinnerung - ein bewegendes Kunstwerk.

Starting a few months before Hiroshima was destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945, this four-volume saga shows life in Japan after years of war and privations. Volume 4 resumes nine days after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, as Gen and his mother continue to struggle for food, shelter and water. Their indomitable human spirits prevail amidst chaos and vast human suffering. Though confronted with the most despicable aspects of humankind, Gen acts with love and compassion.

When magic touches an old peach tree, strange things start happening. A giant peach grows as large as a house, and when James crawls inside, the adventure begins. Lane Smith has created wonderful new illustrations based on the characters in the new full-l

"Maus raconte la vie de Vladek Spiegelman, rescapé juif des camps nazis, et de son fils, auteur de bandes dessinées, qui cherche un terrain de réconciliation avec son père, sa térrifiante histoire et l''Histoire. Des portes d''Auschwitz aux trottoirs de New York se déroule l''histoire d''une double survie: celle du père, mais aussi celle du fils qui se débat pour survivre au survivant. Ici les nazis sont des chats et les juifs des souris. Oubliez vos préjugés: ces souris-là ont plus à voir avec Kafka ou Orwell qu''avec Tom et Jerry.

"All of the [students], black, Latino, white, male, and female, talk about the unease and alienation endemic to their ages, and they do it in fresh and appealing voices. Rich and complex."- Kirkus Reviews "As always, Grimes gives young people exactly

A dog explains how he came to be a book after falling foul of a wizard''s curse in a book that includes a leash, a wagging tail and fuzzy endpapers.

Un chiot subit plusieurs métamorphoses. Il est d''abord changé en berger par une sorcière, puis en crapaud par une fée, finalement en livre par un méchant magicien. La preuve de tout cela est la laisse au dos du livre. Qui porte une laisse sinon un chien! Amusant, original, le temps de la laisse.