National Letters politics and surprisingly the title can

and surprisingly the title can be translated from French as both “guest” and “host” — a peculiarity of the book that has been lost in translation

You have to take off your shoes at the door and there is a shelf of used books next to the bar

with PIN-UP editor Felix Burrichter throwing a quinceañera for a magazine

Anita Back

National Letters politics and surprisingly the title canNational Letters is the first book published by Letter Books. National Letters travels through the episodes of the past in which letters, languages, and scripts played an important role in creating nation states and national identities. moreThrough four case studies (Turkey, Israel, Georgia, Ethiopia), the main body of the book explores four languages and nations which were each, against all odds and for various reasons, able to develop and maintain