{"product_id":"call-me-ishmaelle","title":"Call Me Ishmaelle","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCall Me Ishmaelle\u003c\/h1\u003eXiaolu Guo\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Grove Press, Black Cat\u003cbr\u003eJanuary 6 2026\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780802166494\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0802166490\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Well worth your time . . . By adding in new characters while adhering to the original story, the author creates something new, strange and thrilling.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An astonishingly ambitious undertaking . . . you're in the hands of a genuine storyteller.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\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","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391349489709,"sku":"WHS-383eacf5b7c1456b9db310c59a96f376","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_aece1dde-e70a-4e25-bd61-501076b75f48.jpg?v=1787353539","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/call-me-ishmaelle","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}