{"product_id":"9781784745615","title":"Call Me Ishmaelle -- Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eCall Me Ishmaelle reimagines the epic battle between man and nature in Herman Melville's Moby Dick from a female perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Brilliantly written... ambitious, brave, strange' Philip Hoare\n\u003cbr\u003e'A clever and original skewering of a classic' i\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\u003eAs 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\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans Madeline Miller, Percival Everett and Barbara Kingsolver\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52165620531511,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":106.12,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/3548\/7543\/files\/9781784745615-1.jpg?v=1783238273","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.my\/products\/9781784745615","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Malaysia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}