Oameni și eroi

Oameni și eroi shows Bucharest through a journalist’s eyes. It follows his thoughts and the people he meets. He writes for small papers. He tracks events that seem minor but can change lives. His moods shape the city he shows us. He does not give a detached account.

This work of Romanian fiction links city life, memory and identity. Why do people flock to cities they find bleak? The narrator asks this question. For him, crowds offer escape from his own past. He feels he has not shaped that life. Nor has he lived it in full. The city lets him lose himself but brings comfort too. Love, distress and fatigue each change how he sees it. He finds relief through writing.

Alexandru Cristian was born in Brăila in October 1987. In his spare time, he writes fiction, history, essays and poetry. He studies the history of ties between nations. This includes Romania’s ties with the United States and Israel. He also studies geopolitics, which links places and world power. He studies political philosophy too, the ideas behind politics. His published articles deal with security and national defence. They also cover history, medicine and world affairs.