Book Review: A Reservoir Man by L. J. Ambrosio
There are times when you need a book to cure an ailment or just to take your mind off some worry. And there are books that have this thaumaturgical power to explain to us how life works or to reassure us about something. One of them, in my opinion, is A Reservoir Man by L. J. Ambrosio. It wasn't so much the plot that struck me, but the style. A Reservoir Man caught me off guard as I thought I would be faced with something predictable. It is the story of Michael, a man on his way to life, who makes detours through social embarrassment, sexual assault, wars, scandals, and obsession. His existential path lacks a landing place because the use of splitting mechanisms and the disruption of belonging make a lack of the necessary support for a possible integration, in a short circuit where ungovernable anxieties and identity fragility are nourished as he meets the men near a reservoir inspite of the reservations of his family. It is the task of Michael to reinvent himself and the world,