Istanbul Was a Fairy Tale Slovenian Literature Series two retired clerks who set

two retired clerks who set out in a search for truth and knowledge with persistent optimism in light of the fact that each new attempt at learning about the world ends in disaster

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Set at a boardinghouse in rural New Jersey in the summer of 1939

Istanbul Was a Fairy Tale Slovenian Literature Series two retired clerks who setIstanbul 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