La Vava de Estambol / The Granny from Istanbul is Roz Kohen’s third book written in two languages, following a collection of childhood memoirs in Jewish Istanbul and stories about prior Jewish generations of Istanbul in Jewish Constantinople. The author’s previous books, as well as La Vava de Estambol / The Granny from Istanbul, aim to capture the spirit of the Judeo-Spanish language as it was spoken for over 500 years by the Jewish communities in the Ottoman Lands. La Vava de Estambol / The Gra ...