The Book Circle has chosen a graphic novel as its selection for the Thursday, May 16 meeting. The bookies will gather at 3 p.m. on Zoom for a look at Art Spiegleman’s Maus 1: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History, a “brutally moving work of art,” Amazon says.

This is the bestselling first installment of the graphic novel acclaimed as “the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust,” said The Wall Street Journal, and “the first masterpiece in comic book history,” according to The New Yorker.

Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author’s father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as mice and Nazis as menacing cats. It is a story of survival, and a look at the legacy of trauma.

The Book Circle meets monthly to discuss books on Jewish topics and/or by Jewish writers.

For more information, email Susan Rosenstreich, coordinator, at ctigreenport@gmail.com/.