One of a Kind (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Julian Barnes
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Plot: Social realism, frame story
- Time of Work: The 1970's
- Setting: England and Bucharest, Romania
- Principal Characters: The narrator, Marian Tiriac, Nicolai Petrescu
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1970’s, Communism or communists, Politics, Twentieth century, Exile or expatriates, Betrayal, Novelists, England or English people, Storytelling, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans, Western Europe or western Europeans
- Locales: England, Bucharest, Romania
The Story
“One of a Kind” is a story told by a first-person narrator, a young English writer, who meets an exiled Romanian dissident, Marian Tiriac, at a literary party. Through the course of their conversation, a subsequent and coincidental trip to Romania, and another chance meeting with Tiriac, the narrator learns the story of Nicolai Petrescu.
At the initial meeting between the narrator and Tiriac, the narrator shares an observation of his regarding Romanian artists: Romania has produced one great artist in each of several disciplines, but only one. He lists...
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