 Similarly, novelist and critic Norman Manea, a survivor of the wartime deportations, cited "Muzică de balet" as one of the few Romanian writings from the post-war period to openly discuss the murder of Romanian Jews.The biographical genre, preoccupying Aderca in old age, produced experimental as well as conventional works.In "Oameni excepționali", his attention was dedicated to the lives of politicians (Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Woodrow Wilson), cultural figures (Sarah Bernhardt, Isadora Duncan, Leo Tolstoy, Richard Wagner) and business magnates (William Randolph Hearst, Henry Ford).