The Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative of Spiegelman's father and family in Poland as World War II erupts. He renders the story of his father's early life, Nazi occupation of Poland, survival in a concentration camp and other events as a stark graphic novel, turning the main characters into cats, mice, pigs and dogs. It's a terrible, compelling tale, continued in the second volume in this boxed set. Based on interviews with his reluctant father, Spiegelman includes his own attempts to come to grips with his complex family history.  (PLD22, $29.90)

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