Forty-four writers write about Istanbul, the City, Istanbul... Most of them - these "few and countless" - belong to the last generation that grew up in Istanbul, and their stories constitute valuable pieces of memory and nostalgia in the vibrant mosaic of the City of cities.

The authors who contributed to the collective volume are: Nektaria Anastasiadou, Georgios Voiklis, Stella Vretou, Georgios Gozis, Gerasimos Dendrinos, Maria Dimou, Viki Drakou, Arzu Eker-Roditaki, Thanos Zaragkalis, Katerina Zachariadou, Kostas Theologou, G. Ch. Theocharis, Elpidoforos Inzemvelis, Minos Ioakeimopoulos, Giannis Kintapoglou, Nikolaos Th. Kolman, Thomas Korovinis, Paschalis Lamparidis, Eftychia-Alexandra Loukidou, Evangelos Mavroudakis, Elli Meli, Iraklis Millas, Nikos Michailidis, Vasilis Moutsoglou, Polyana G. Bana, Konstantinos Bouras, Victoria Dafylla, Nikolaos Ouzounoglou, Giannis Patsounis, Antonia Pavlako, Aris Portosalte, Liana Sakelliu, Maria Skiadarese, Antonis D. Skiathas, Chrysa Spyropoulou, Polybios I. Strandzalis, Litsa Totska, Kornilia Cevik-Bayvertyan, Savvas E. Tsilenis, Io Tsokona, Aris Tsokonas, Philippos Philipou, Manolis Chamarakis, Ioanna Psaropoulou-Dokou.