Istanbul Was a Fairy Tale Slovenian Literature Series mingling bold invention and a

mingling bold invention and a mastery of the colloquial

In the spirit of Italo Calvino and Georges Perec

and the neighbors: this world is an amphitheater full of drama

and from coping

Istanbul Was a Fairy Tale Slovenian Literature Series mingling bold invention and aIstanbul Was a Fairy Tale tells the stories of three generations of a Jewish family, from the 1920s to the 1980s. Istanbul Was a Fairy Tale tells the stories of three generations of a Jewish family, from the 1920s to the 1980s. Istanbul is their only home, and yet they live in a state of alienation, isolating themselves from the world around them. As witness, observer, and protagonist, the narratorat once inside and outside his storyrecords their many