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Book SynopsisImagine a Hollywood encounter between Helen Keller and Frida Kahlo, ""two female icons of disability"". Or the story of ""Moby Dick, or The Leg"", told from Ahab's perspective. What if Vincent Van Gogh resided in a twentieth-century New York hotel? These are the characters who populate Anne Finger's remarkable short stories.
Trade Review"Anne Finger’s award-winning
Call Me Ahab showcases a plethora of historical and literary characters—each of whom is in some way disabled—and imagines new scenarios for their lives. . . . It is a cheering section for the forgotten and under-appreciated and a testament to creativity, whimsy, and intellect."—Eleanor J. Bader,
Feminist Review"In this marvelously original collection, Finger explores the nature and function of legendary outcasts, from Goliath, initially ridiculed for his giantism before he became a savior of the Philistines, to Vincent Van Gogh, tortured madman and impoverished artist caught in a bureaucratic vacuum as he waits for his Social Security benefits. . . . Brisk, inventive and intelligent, these stories do their own thing, and do it well."—
Publishers Weekly"Finger's unabashedly bold tales creatively reimagine outcasts real and invented."—Leah Strauss,
Booklist "Finger is a talented storyteller, delivering voices and situations with smooth conviction. The scenes she creates jump time and place without jarring the reader. . . . Finger has strength in her storytelling, and hopefully that strength will reach a wide audience."—Amy Halloran, themillions.com
"A fascinating glimpse into the varieties of human difference."—Ben Hamilton, PopMatters.com
"Refusing to smooth over the idiosyncrasies of history and human life, she has, instead, successfully written her text with them."—Alyssa Pelish,
Rain TaxiTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
Helen and Frida
Vincent
The Artist and the Dwarf
Comrade Luxemburg and Comrade Gramsci Pass Each Other at a Congress of the Second International in Switzerland on the 10th of March, 1912
Gloucester
Goliath
The Blind Marksman
Our Ned
Moby Dick, or, The Leg
