ARGONAUT BOOKS

Welcome to Iceland, a very small nation with a very large number (265) of (mostly) very small museums. Founded in the backyards of houses, begun as jokes or bets or memorials to lost friends, these museums tell the story of an enchanted island where bridges arrived only at the beginning of the 20th century, and waterproof shoes only with the Second World War. A nation formerly dirt poor, then staggeringly rich, and now building its way to affluence once again. A nation, where, in the remote and wild places, you might encounter still a shore laddie, a sorcerer or a ghost. From Reykjavik's renow...Read More