Call Me Ishmaelle
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Moby-Dick reimagined from the perspective of a cross-dressed female sailor ''Brilliantly written... ambitious, brave, strange'' Philip Hoare ''One of the most valuable writers in the world'' Deborah L...
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Moby-Dick reimagined from the perspective of a cross-dressed female sailor ''Brilliantly written... ambitious, brave, strange'' Philip Hoare ''One of the most valuable writers in the world'' Deborah Levy 1843. 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. Call Me Ishmaelle reimagines the epic battle between man and nature in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick from a female perspective. 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. Moby-Dick reimagined from the perspective of a cross-dressed female sailor ''Brilliantly written... ambitious, brave, strange'' Philip Hoare ''One of the most valuable writers in the world'' Deborah Levy 1843. 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. Call Me Ishmaelle reimagines the epic battle between man and nature in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick from a female perspective. 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.
Detaljer
Forlag
Vintage
ISBN
9781529929997
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
448
Udgivelsesdato
26-03-2026
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3420757
EAN nr.
9781529929997
Varegruppe
Fiction
Højde/Dybde (mm)
35
Bredde (mm)
129
Længde (mm)
198
Vægt (g)
500