The Prairie State College Library is hosting a discussion of the graphic novel “Maus: A Survivor’s Tale” during two sessions of its One Book, One Community Book Club on Tuesday, April 11.
Readers are invited to participate in discussions at 2 p.m. and at 6:30 p.m. either on campus or virtually. The book club is being held in conjunction with the “Americans and the Holocaust” traveling exhibit at the library, 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. The exhibit is there through April 17.
The book, originally appearing in parts as a comic book series, tell the story of the author’s father surviving the horrors of a concentration camp, and the author’s interactions with the father when he is aged. It was the first graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Local libraries, including Flossmoor Public Library, will be participating in the One Book, One Community Book Club. Copies of the book are available at the library for checkout.
Guests are invited to meet in the PSC library for the 2 p.m. session, or join through Google Meet using the link meet.google.com/sey-mrmr-bvw or dial: (US) +1 720-907-3642 PIN: 993 277 423#.
The evening session at 6:30 p.m. will meet in the PSC Board Room, room 2274 on campus, or guests can join virtually through Google Meet using the link meet.google.com/dsx-zvcr-hjr
Or dial: (US) +1 402-356-1282 PIN: 349 291 707#.
For more information about the event, contact Valerie Moore at [email protected].