{"product_id":"call-me-ishmaelle-by-xiaolu-guo-9781529929997","title":"Call Me Ishmaelle","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom prize-winning author Xiaolu Guo comes a dazzling gender-flipped reimagining of \u003cem\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/em\u003e reimagined from the perspective of a cross-dressed female sailor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrilliantly written... ambitious, brave, strange\u003c\/em\u003e - Philip Hoare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of the most valuable writers in the world\u003c\/em\u003e - Deborah Levy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCall Me Ishmaelle\u003c\/em\u003e reimagines the epic battle between man and nature in Herman Melville's \u003cem\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288389402860,"sku":"9781529929997","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/c0908071fac5337cbc82f72718f8ea99.jpg?v=1770632912","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/call-me-ishmaelle-by-xiaolu-guo-9781529929997","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}