{"product_id":"9781784745608","title":"Call Me Ishmaelle","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Guo, Xiaolu \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 20\/03\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 448 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781784745608,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCall Me Ishmaelle reimagines the epic battle between man and nature in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick from a female perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Brilliantly written... ambitious, brave, strange' Philip Hoare‘A clever and original skewering of a classic’ i1843. Ishmaelle is born in a small village on the stormy Kent coast where she grows up swimming with dolphins. After her parents and infant sister die, her brother, Joseph, leaves to find work as a sailor. Abandoned and desperate for a life at sea, Ishmaelle disguises herself as a cabin boy and travels to New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the American Civil War breaks out in 1861, Ishmaelle boards the Nimrod, a whaling ship led by the obsessive Captain Seneca, a Black free man of heroic stature who is haunted by a tragic past. Here, she finds protectors in Polynesian harpooner, Kauri, and Taoist monk, Muzi, whose readings of the I-Ching guide their quest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the bloody male violence of whaling, and the unveiling of her feminine identity, Ishmaelle realises there is a mysterious bond between herself and the mythical white whale, Moby Dick. Xiaolu Guo has crafted a dramatically different, feminist narrative that stands alongside the original while offering a powerful exploration of nature, gender and human purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans Madeline Miller, Percival Everett and Barbara Kingsolver\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54953803776373,"sku":"9781784745608","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781784745608_8eb45778-6041-4778-917d-9ae73004fad2.jpg?v=1759670136","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781784745608","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}