A Gender Swapped Moby Dick

Xiaolu Guo’s latest novel Call Me Ishmaelle was reviewed by Catherine Taylor for the Financial Times.

“Guo’s reinvention of Melville’s text has significant political intent as well as playful artfulness. Necessarily, Melville’s multi-faceted style — from blank verse to excessive nautical terminology — is dispensed with to create a fresh and unadorned work.”

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