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Review | This adaptation of ‘Moby-Dick’ just flounders - The Washington Post

Xiaolu Guo’s “Call Me Ishmaelle” changes the gender dynamics of Melville’s classic, but to what end is frustratingly unclear

By:Jacob Brogan
Source:The Washington Post
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Review | This adaptation of ‘Moby-Dick’ just flounders - The Washington Post
Call me disappointed. It is not impossible to adapt or reimagine Moby-Dick. Herman Melvilles narrative is the polar epic of modern consciousness: on the one extreme, Ishmaels adrift apathy, that will… [+482 chars]

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