Either way...we know a few things. David Lamb, might be gentle as a 'lamb'....( as a reader I explored this thought)... but I wouldn't call him innocent. He is a 'down--and out' insecure middle age old fart. Whether or not he is aware of manipulating Tommie, ( the young 11 year old girl), it's what he is doing. Nadzam's narrative is clever the way she influences us. Upfront she guides us through Lamb's grooming of Tommie---yet a window is open for different points of interpretation. It's as though Nadzam has designed into the plot for us ( the readers), to be objective -- not endorsing --but understanding -- ( and learning) how a similar situation could develop. Anyone who can look past its irreverence will recognize LAMB as both highly entertaining and surprisingly thoughtful.” The reader is asked to 'really' look inside the head of a man who is a 'possible' pedophile. Readers are also asked to consider Lamb as a decent man who only wants to help a girl from a broken home. Of course, it hasn't materialised yet because I find it really hard to write about books I love. And I don't know how I can possibly do Lamb justice. I could carry on like this for some time. The final thing to be said about this book is that it's wonderfully written. Lyrical, brisk and evocative, Nadzam's prose brings the environment and details of the story to life, to gorgeous effect.

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Tom is seen through the eyes of David, and as such she is more a vessel and less her own character. This is a poor move, as it makes it hard to understand and like her beyond sympathy with general troubled-young-girl tropes. I suppose what's important to the novel is what Tommie is to David, and her role in that regard is very clear. But it's a little unsettling to read a novel like this where the victim remains so blank, where my dislike for the protagonist is so much stronger than *any* feeling I have about his victim. Lamb ( Icelandic: Dýrið, lit.'The animal') is a 2021 folk horror film [7] directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Sjón. The film's plot is about the birth of a human/sheep hybrid of mysterious origin and the couple who adopts the child as their own. An international co-production between Iceland, Sweden, and Poland, [8] the film stars Noomi Rapace, and marks Valdimar's feature-length directorial debut. Rapace and Béla Tarr were executive producers. After premiering at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, the film was released in Iceland on 24 September 2021. It was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. [9] Plot [ edit ] David Lamb is middle-aged, a liar and a loser, a narcissist and a dreamer, a kid who never really grew up. Living alone in a hotel with other marital flotsam, he pines for his ex, thinks about having been with her sister, then calls his girlfriend, a Princeton grad he bangs in hallways. Dave is full of promises, and espouses idealized aspirations, but he always runs rather empty on delivery. After his father’s funeral, Dave is sitting in a parking lot, wallowing in his existential crisis when a child approaches.

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The triumph of the book is in its portrayal of Dave Lamb. In Dave’s vision of himself, or his vision of a moment, he sees a truthseeker “Look at me. I might be a lot of things, but I’m not a liar, okay?” Bonnie Nadzam's brilliant rendering of Lamb also makes it impossible not consider one's own manipulative potential or past sins.

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Tommie sedeva a gambe incrociate sul sedile del passeggero e Lamb le lanciava occhiate di sbieco, pensando che, se avesse voluto davvero uscire dal furgone, l’avrebbe lasciata andare. Potrebbe essere una qualsiasi storia di lui e lei che da est vanno a ovest, una qualsiasi road story, se non fosse che lui, David, un uomo di poco più di cinquant’anni che ha appena seppellito il padre, ha incontrato Tommie solo pochi giorni prima quando lei, per strada, lo ha abbordato per chiedergli una sigaretta. Like all narcissists, Dave objectifies the people he encounters. He describes his nominal girlfriend thus: A heart-stoppingly beautiful young woman. An expensive and well-educated system of reactions and responses, and he knew them all. Had known them, frankly, since years before she was born.” Yet, his affection for Tommie seems genuine. Is it? Or has he created a virginal ideal he can use to gain some feeling of power by conquering? His narcissism causes him to believe his own BS. He sells Tommie a fantasy, but even that pitch is off, beginning with natural beauty in a high, sage-filled valley, but mixing in oddities like a cooler full of Mexican beer and a braided rug on a concrete floor. Barraclough, Leo (June 23, 2020). "Noomi Rapace Supernatural Drama 'Lamb' Sells Across Europe (Exclusive)". Variety . Retrieved March 22, 2021.

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Potrebbe essere una storia qualsiasi, quella di una sigaretta qualsiasi e di una scommessa qualsiasi fatta con delle amiche qualsiasi, se non fosse che Tommie, il viso cosparso di lentiggini e il corpo ancora senza forme di una bambina, ha soli undici anni.

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As the plan formulates in his mind, he decides to be a father figure to this girl with a dash of a knight in shining armour. He will be the one to liberate her from the drudgery of her life, he wants to buy her nice things, show her places, teach her about nature and the way of life, help her survive on her own and find herself and one day, she will remember him and be grateful for the greatest adventure of her life. Now, on the surface, you would think this is a story about David Lamb, a man in his fifties going through some sort of mid-life crisis, whose father just passed away, who's in the midst of a divorce, is estranged from his children, and is having an affair with a younger colleague. His life is a mess, and as such, he finds himself making a series of ill-advised, rash, and strange decisions. In steps eleven-year old Tommie, who was dared by her cruel friends to dress scantily and walk up to this man to ask for a cigarette. Lamb decides to teach Tommie and her friends a lesson by showing her what could have happened if he were any "other" sort of man. David Lamb is a 50-something partner in a vaguely defined business whose main occupation appears to be the anticipation, practice and concealment of sex, with practice being the least important part.Morgenstern, Joe (October 7, 2021). " 'Lamb' Review: Shear Brilliance". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved October 16, 2021. Mitchell, Wendy. "Buyers feast on Icelandic drama 'Lamb' (Exclusive)". ScreenDaily . Retrieved July 27, 2021. I read it in a single day in the Kindle edition with pagination turned off, so when I reached the end I was surprised and stunned, the way you might be when a speeding car nearly hits you in the crosswalk and all you can do is watch it disappear as your heart thunders. The reading is uncomfortable yet compelling....[clearly not a book for everybody]...but I'll say this, Bonnie Nadzam has a great understanding of predation. It's my opinion...as a girl who grew up as a latchkey kid, without a father, this story is not as far fetch as we would hope. What I found disturbing about this book, but also brilliant, is the fact that Nadzam took us into the mind of a pedophile and almost convinced us (the readers) of all his reasons and justifications. We, as readers, were manipulated by the fifty-four year old man just as much as Tommie was. A man who basically groomed and then kidnapped a child, taking her halfway across the country to an isolated cabin, all the while persuading her as well as us that it is for her own good, and it will just be for a short period of time - five days, he said.

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The parallels between Lamb and Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita are evident. Both sets of characters have a similar age difference and respond to their troubles by hitting the road, moving from one hotel to another to avoid legal trouble. But Tommie is more innocent than Lolita, and although Nadzam includes several uncomfortable scenes in which boundaries are almost crossed, Lamb's intentions toward the girl are not sexual. La prosa è basata soprattutto sui dialoghi e su descrizioni brevi, ma intense ed evocative; lo studio dei due personaggi principali è affascinante, profondo e accurato tanto da renderli indimenticabili. In the book, the myth of the West is a stand in for David Lamb’s life. Lamb builds up in Tommie’s mind the West as an idyllic place of expanse, pristine wilderness, and autonomy, but instead we get barbwire, glassless windows, and “boots caked with mud and manure.” Like Lamb’s life, the West comes short of its expectations. Esiste un film omonimo tratto da questo romanzo - presentato al festival South by Southwest nel 2015 - che spero possa esserne all’altezza. LAMB", is peculiar. It's also gorgeously written. - I think it's fair to say this book is 'creepy'.

Kjartan Gestsson, Davíð (October 18, 2021). "Kvikmyndin Dýrið verður framlag Íslands til Óskarsverðlauna 2022". RÚV . Retrieved October 18, 2021. Quindi vedete, nulla di tutto ciò era pianificato. Era esattamente il tipo di scenario imprevedibile che si rivela piano puano, un dettaglio per volta. Il segreto è rilassare i muscoli della fronte e lasciare guidare il cuore. E non è facile come sembra." A tale that falls somewhere between the New Testament, a book on Roman history, a guide to Eastern religion, and “Monty Python’s Life of Brian.” Willmore, Alison (October 8, 2021). "Lamb Is a Dark Fairy Tale With a Great Concept and Not Much to Say". Vulture . Retrieved October 16, 2021.