On the Sponge Islands

When Julia Martin visits the Aegean islands of the Dodecanese, beauty and suffering seem inextricable. On the Sponge Islands follows her journey through the region to trace the cultural and ecological legacy of sponge diving, which she comes to see as a metaphor of our global condition. Martin's lyrical prose weaves natural history and environmental reckoning into a meditation on impermanence and interdependence.