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The Salt Maid of the Adriatic

The Salt Maid of the Adriatic

In the fishing town of Komiža, on the island of Vis, the sea was not merely a backdrop, it was mother, bride, hunger, and lullaby. It hummed in every shell, salted every wound, and whispered its stories in the net lines of old men too stubborn to retire. Fishermen went out with hope lashed to their boats, returned with nets

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