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he wrote not only of the absurdities and irrelevances typical of the British aristocracy but also of the resilience

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a bored dilettante who constructs an imaginary woman—and loses her to an imaginary man

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Istanbul Was a Fairy Tale Biographies he wrote not only ofIstanbul 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