How to Say 'I love you' in Greenlandic: an Arctic Alphabet
Poet: Nancy Campbell
Letterpress printer: Nancy Campbell
Images/graphics: Nancy Campbell
Categories: Bookwork / Image-graphic Books, Poetry/Proses/Text Works, Printmakers' Books, Small Press Books, Unbound Works
Reference no.:L/Cam.N/11.00 Place/Shelf:1A
| Book title: | How to Say 'I love you' in Greenlandic: an Arctic Alphabet |
| Published by: | Bird Editions |
| Year made: | 2011 |
| Place made: | UK |
| Original: | Yes |
| Edition: (No. in Edition) |
50 (13) |
| Dimensions: | 405 x 240 |
| Binder: | bound by Natasha Herman |
| Physical description: | loose sheets with paper wrap cover, slipcase |
| Medium: | text, pochoir images |
| Further information: | |
| "The Greenlandic language – famous for its many words for snow – expresses the Arctic ecosystem better than the writings of any climate scientist. It is indispensable for our understanding of the environment, yet UNESCO declares it to be in danger of extinction.
'How to say ‘I love you’ in Greenlandic' is an introduction to this evocative Arctic language, and presents a romantic narrative as well as a lesson in linguistics. All 12 letters of the Greenlandic alphabet are represented with words ranging from 'eqisimarput' (‘we walk arm in arm as lovers’) to 'kinguneqartarpoq' (‘he drinks a second brew from old coffee grounds or tea leaves’)." Nancy Campbell |
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| Poet: | Nancy Campbell () |
| Letterpress printer: | Nancy Campbell () |
| Images/graphics: | Nancy Campbell () |
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