{"product_id":"call-me-ishmaelle-9781784745615","title":"Call Me Ishmaelle","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI must work on a ship as a man... Yes, I must seek a new life, more adventurous than that of my fellows on this desolate salt marsh. I must find freedom on the seas.\u003c\/i\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\u003ci\u003eCall Me Ishmaelle\u003c\/i\u003e reimagines the epic battle between man and nature in Herman Melville's \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick \u003c\/i\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\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863863591255,"sku":"9781784745615","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784745615.jpg?v=1759921247","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/call-me-ishmaelle-9781784745615","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}