{"product_id":"call-me-ishmaelle","title":"Call Me Ishmaelle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereimagined from the perspective of a cross-dressed female sailor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Brilliantly written... ambitious, brave, strange' Philip Hoare\u003cbr\u003e'One of the most valuable writers in the world' Deborah Levy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1843. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCall Me Ishmaelle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reimagines the epic battle between man and nature in Herman Melville’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMoby Dick\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efrom 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55098589577589,"sku":"9781784745608","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/4dccebd5-8861-4a75-a358-2c64322a5dec.jpg?v=1740066465","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/products\/call-me-ishmaelle","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}