Campbell,
How To Say 'I Love You' In Greenlandic: An Arctic Alphabet
This alphabet book serves as an introduction to the
evocative Kalaallisut language. All 12 initial letters of the Greenlandic
alphabet are represented with words ranging from akunagaa (‘it is too late to
begin’) to unnuarpoq (‘there is no night any longer’). These words and their
English definitions are accompanied by a series of pochoir prints depicting
icebergs. As in contemporary Arctic life, the denouement of the sequence is
caused by the disappearance of the ice. The alphabet is accompanied by a short
essay highlighting the issues faced by speakers of Kalaallisut, which was declared
‘vulnerable’ by UNESCO in 2009.
Bird Editions: Oxford, 2011
18 pages, in designer binding by Natasha Herman of Red Bone
Bindery. Letterpress printed, with pochoir illustration, in an edition limited
to 50 copies signed and numbered by the author.
(£450)
(£450)
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