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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

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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

Poet: Nancy Campbell
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Letterpress printer: Nancy Campbell
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Images/graphics: Nancy Campbell
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