Vagrants & Uncommon Visitors (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781939781345)

Literary Nonfiction. Museum Studies. VAGRANTS AND UNCOMMON VISITORS traces the origins, impact, and significance of a bird collection turned museum on the shores of Iceland's Lake M vatn. The lake supports a eutrophic ecology that, among other things, gives life to an all-but-complete collection of Icelandic birds. The birds, or maybe their collection, give purpose to Sigurgeir, a native son who has been sighting birds and gathering eggs on the lakeside family farm since childhood. When Sigurgeir is killed in an accident on the lake, his family begins a decade-long struggle to make a museum. In this gorgeously illustrated, long-form lyric essay, VAGRANTS AND UNCOMMON VISITORS concerns itself with family, gender, and memorials as it examines the grief, natural history, and accomplishment of Sigurgeir's Bird Museum.

Author: A. Kendra Greene
ISBN-10: 1939781345
ISBN-13: 9781939781345
Publisher: Anomalous Press
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2017
Pages: 50
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.10w x 0.10d