Call Me Ishmaelle

Call Me Ishmaelle

Call Me Ishmaelle

A KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “A propulsive powerhouse of a read.”—Marie Claire (UK) “Ambitious, brave, and strange.”—Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan From the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author, a feminist reimagining of Herman Melville’s classic Moby-Dick through the eyes of one inimitable woman and a diverse, swashbuckling crew I must work on a ship as a man . . . I must find freedom on the seas. 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. Years later, as the American Civil War breaks out, 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 amidst the bloody male violence of whaling and discovers a mysterious bond between herself and the white whale who claimed Seneca’s leg. Built on the bones of Melville’s classic, Call Me Ishmaelle is a dynamic new tale, imbued with an eclectic crew—from a Polynesian harpooner to a Taoist Monk—and a powerful exploration of human nature, gender, man’s place among the animals, and the nature of home
الناشر Grove Atlantic
المؤلف Xiaolu Guo
البلد USA
تاريخ النشر 06/01/2026
عدد الصفحات 448
الطبعة First edition
الحجم 5.5" x 8.25"
نبذه تعريفية عن المؤلف Xiaolu Guo is the author of Village of Stone, A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth, I Am China, A Lover’s Discourse, and Nine Continents. She has been named one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists. Guo has also directed several award-winning films including She, A Chinese and UFO in Her Eyes, and has had film retrospectives around the world. She lives in London and Berlin.
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