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The Museum of Whales You Will Never See: And Other Excursions to Iceland’s Most Unusual Museums
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Author:
A. Kendra Greene
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Date:
May 12, 2020
A writer and artist travels around Iceland, taking readers inside the nation's surprisingly numerous collectionsâfrom the Phallological Museum, an animal-penis repository, to the Museum of Sorcery and Witchcraft.
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With each chapter Greene circles around her subject as if viewing it in a vitrine, approaching it from different angles, changing her register and voice. The book is shot through with glee and irreverence.
Greene’s book contains all the markers of exploration.
Greene...presents a thoroughly surprising book on a completely unexpected topic that will fill readers with joyful literary appreciation. In this tremendously engaging and idiosyncratic guidebook, Greene celebrates Icelandic curiosity and creativity, while also deeply exploring the country’s history and people.
Not so much a guidebook as a meditation on how museums develop, this book from writer/artist Greene...is a tribute to museums of an island nation with only 333,000 people but more than 265 museums.
