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Wild Abandon: A Journey to the Deserted Places of the Dodecanese`

`There`s something about abandoned places which moves me and captures the imagination.`So says seasoned travel writer Jennifer Barclay as she walks with her dog andher backpack through the deserted spaces of the Dodecanese, islands that wereonce bustling but are now half forgotten and reclaimed by the wild due to a mixof misfortune and the lure of opportunity elsewhere. Join her on a journeythrough abandoned villages and farms, cave-houses and captains` mansions, thehomes of displaced Muslim fishermen and poets, as she discovers beauty in theruins, emptiness and silence, and inspiration in the stories of people`s lives.A long-term resident of Greece, Jennifer Barclay spent more than four yearsresearching Wild Abandon, visiting islands multiple times and talking to localpeople to hear their stories. She travels from the very west to the very eastof the Dodecanese, from the very south almost to the very north, taking in someof the smallest and the biggest islands, and highlighting different storiesalong the way to show the complex history behind these havens of tranquillity.She discovers a villa intended for Benito Mussolini`s retirement, an islandthat links a gramophone from St Petersburg and a portrait in the AmericanNational Gallery via a pack of cigarettes, and reflects on the days when aneconomy based on sponges and burnt rock supported thousands.Wild Abandon is an elegy in praise of abandoned places and a search for lostknowledge through the wildest and most deserted locations.

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