Art Spiegelman's Maus (both volumes), which contains the story of his father (and a bit about his mother) surviving Nazi Germany, World War II, and the Holocaust. The graphic novels also covers Spiegelman's relationship with his father, which is at the most a strenuous one. Another interesting aspect of the book is how people are portrayed - for instance the Nazis are cats, the Jews are mice, the Americans are dogs, etc.The first time I came across this book was way back in grade 10 English (a subject, if I may add, I loathed ever so much). My teacher only covered chapter 4, "The Noose Tightens" from volume 1. Afterwards, she told the class that if anyone wanted to read the rest of the book, it was in the school library.
I confess that I actually didn't sign out and read the book until after I left high school, from the local library. Now I own them (many thanks to Prof. Higgins :D).
With that said, I did watch the CBC coverage of the Remembrance Day ceremony yesterday, with Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall present. After visiting Ottawa earlier this year I was curious to see the ceremony, plus the cenotaph...
(this was when Winterlude was going on)
