{"product_id":"call-me-ishmaelle-9780802166494","title":"Call Me Ishmaelle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKIRKUS \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A propulsive powerhouse of a read.\"--\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e (UK)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ambitious, brave, and strange.\"--Philip Hoare, author of \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author, a feminist reimagining of Herman Melville's classic \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e through the eyes of one inimitable woman and a diverse, swashbuckling crew\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI must work on a ship as a man . . . I must find freedom on the seas.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003eYears later, as the American Civil War breaks out, 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 amidst the bloody male violence of whaling and discovers a mysterious bond between herself and the white whale who claimed Seneca's leg.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilt on the bones of Melville's classic, \u003ci\u003eCall Me Ishmaelle\u003c\/i\u003e is a dynamic new tale, imbued with an eclectic crew--from a Polynesian harpooner to a Taoist Monk--and a powerful exploration of human nature, gender, man's place among the animals, and the nature of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Xiaolu Guo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press, Black Cat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.05w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802166494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXiaolu Guo\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eVillage of Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Am China\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Lover's Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNine Continents\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRadical\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Xiaolu Guo \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47566629175453,"sku":"9780802166494","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_f711a344-2fcf-4663-ae09-5ee0b0cb4563.jpg?v=1768313691","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/call-me-ishmaelle-9780802166494","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}