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Tessy Baila

Τέσυ Μπάιλα

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    Λέγε με Ισμαήλ

    Lege me Ismail

    Title translated by AI:“Call Me Ishmael”

    Tessy Baila

    Novel · 464 pages · Historical, Love, Migration

    AI-generated summary:In a Greek neighbourhood of Pera, Istanbul, between 1955 and 1964, Greeks and Turks live in harmony: kind-hearted Ismail with his coffee house, lonely bookish Isidoros and others, until nationalism gathers.