Call Me Ishmaelle
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Call Me Ishmaelle reimagines the epic battle between man and nature in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick from a female perspective. 'Brilliantly written... ambitious, brave, strange' Philip Hoare‘A clever...
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Call Me Ishmaelle reimagines the epic battle between man and nature in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick from a female perspective. '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. As 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. Through 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. Perfect for fans Madeline Miller, Percival Everett and Barbara Kingsolver
Detaljer
Forlag
Chatto & Windus
ISBN
9781784745608
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
448
Udgivelsesdato
20-03-2025
Format
Hardback
Varenr.
3282226
EAN nr.
9781784745608
Varegruppe
Fiction
Højde/Dybde (mm)
164
Bredde (mm)
242
Længde (mm)
40
Vægt (g)
666
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