To write a good story you need strong, worthy characters – the narrative then flows by itself. Alexandra Andrei is everything a writer can wish for. She has a voice. And so her story – moments of verve and youth of an actress in training – wrote itself. I was even tempted to publish the raw text, just like I transcribed it after I interviewed her in a Bucharest café, strolling down the street, and in between two metro stations. But it would be a shame not to share certain small details a...