Istanbul Was a Fairy Tale is a post-modern novel on a grand scale that follows three generations of an Istanbul Jewish family from the Ottoman Empire to the late 20th century. Istanbul is their only home, and yet they live in a state of alienation, isolating themselves from the world around them. Leading Turkish novelist Mario Levi came to Jewish Book Week to share the essence of Istanbul and its storied past. “Istanbul Was a Fairy Tale—and was much more: a dream, an illusion, ...