Call Me Ishmaelle
€ 19,25
Informação do Produto
| ISBN | 9781784745615 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Xiaolu Guo |
| Editora | Random House |
| Formato | Capa mole |
| Peso (kg) | 0,538 |
| Data de Publicação | 20/03/2025 |
| Preço (iva excl.) | € 18,16 |
| Imposto | € 1,09 |
| Preço (iva inc.) | € 19,25 |
| Disponibilidade | 4 unidades em armazém externo |
Descrição do Produto
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