{"product_id":"9780802166494","title":"Call Me Ishmaelle","description":"\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","brand":"Xiaolu Guo","offers":[{"title":"Grove\/Atlantic |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2026-01-16","offer_id":47353615614207,"sku":"9780802166494","price":27.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_8dce5381-9a66-4bfb-aeb4-56bbd9486b27.jpg?v=1760541988","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780802166494","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}