Identity And Otherness In The Novel ”Ambigen”. An Existence File Of Octav Șuluțiu

’’Ambigen" by Octav Şuluţiu is a diary type novel, a subjective, first person confession like the ones of Max Blecher, Mihail Sebastian. Character-narrator explores, analyzes his deepest, hidden emotions, feelings, weaknesses, defects, demons, impossible loves,visions of the world. It is actually an investigation of the subconscious states of a man-woman who hides two genders: male and female, hence the dual nature of the character, bigender. There is an inner battle between the character's masculine and feminine side.The woman inside him needs another woman he can own and the man inside wants a strong woman who can have the male features that he lacks.