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 and original skewering of a classic’ i
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.
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
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Taal: en
Uitvoering: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 20 maart 2025
Aantal pagina's: 431
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Xiaolu Guo
Hoofduitgeverij: Random House
Fabrikantgegevens: De informatie van de fabrikant is momenteel niet beschikbaar.
Editie: 1
Product breedte: 152 mm
Product hoogte: 30 mm
Product lengte: 235 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 156 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 42 mm
Verpakking lengte: 230 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 541 g
EAN: 9781784745615