Granddaughter of Turkish Jewish and exiled by Brazilian dictatorship in Portugal, the narrator receives from her grandfather the key that will open the door of her home in Smyrna, where his grandfather had lived in Turkey. This search for her family’s roots is what determines the beginning of a trip about the quest for her identity. With multiple cultural references, The Key of Smyrna reveals both the richest and the most difficult aspects of the cultural legacy in a family that has known the different faces of the exile. 

The author builds a novel with several voices, by creating a mix of stories that end up in a single account, sometimes strong and heartbreaking, sometimes tender, with a very lively, austere and delicate style.

Film rights of the novel A chave de casa (The Key of Smyrna), by Tatiana Salem Levi (Cotovia, Portugal, 2008) sold to Circular o Desejo Filmes, Brazil, 2009