The Sponge Divers
For some 3000 years, the ships on the Greek island of Kalymnos have put out to sea. In recent generations the men have been sponge divers, but then a chemist learned to make a synthetic sponge. A way of life is ending. This is the story of people facing this break in the life of the island.
GenresSponge fisheriesFictionSponge diversKalymnos (Greece : Municipality)Love stories
318 pages
English edition · First published 1992 by Angus & Robertson · ISBN 9780207169021
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