The Museum of Whales You Will Never See
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The Museum of Whales You Will Never See by A Kendra Greene
Meet the obsessives and dreamers of this remote island nation, and travel through the collections of Iceland's eclectic museums and into its curious past.
A delightful, lyrical tribute to those who gather, record and preserveThis is a book brought to life by its own subject matter: by curiosity, obsession and the desire to share with others our own sense of wonder -- Malachy Tallack, author of * The Valley at the Centre of the World *
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 mind doesn't move in lines, either curved or straight, but in weaves and knots, new threads radiating from each tangle of concepts...delightfully looping, oracular, faux naif; The Museum of Whales You Will Never See is work not of cataloguing and curating, but of longing and love * Guardian *
Wonderfully quirky * Telegraph *
[Greene's] museum tour captures the magical charm of this wild, idiosyncratic country -- Books of the Year * Financial Times *
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 mind doesn't move in lines, either curved or straight, but in weaves and knots, new threads radiating from each tangle of concepts...delightfully looping, oracular, faux naif; The Museum of Whales You Will Never See is work not of cataloguing and curating, but of longing and love * Guardian *
Wonderfully quirky * Telegraph *
[Greene's] museum tour captures the magical charm of this wild, idiosyncratic country -- Books of the Year * Financial Times *
A. Kendra Greene began her museum career marrying text to the exhibition wall, painstakingly, character by character, each vinyl letter trembling at the point of a bonefolder. She became an essayist during a Fulbright grant in South Korea, finished her MFA at the University of Iowa as a Jacob K. Javits Fellow, and then convinced the Dallas Museum of Art they needed a Writer in Residence. Of late, she is a Visiting Artist at the Nasher Sculpture Center and a Library Innovation Lab Fellow at Harvard University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781783785933 |
| ISBN 10 | 1783785934 |
| Title | The Museum of Whales You Will Never See |
| Author | A Kendra Greene |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Year published | 2020-07-02 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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