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Dagmar Selamb

A starved, half-forgotten Selamb found huddled under a reindeer skin, who dines in a frayed red silk frock and cries into the forest for her gun-toting son.

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Also known as Mrs. Dagmar Selamb, Dagmar, a Selamb

First appearance: part i i the cry

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Dagmar lives in the wind-shaken house at Selambshof, grey-complexioned and ragged, so isolated she has not spoken to a woman in years. When Laura and Stellan arrive with boxes of food, she dives into a wardrobe to make…

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See Dagmar Selamb in part i i the cry

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TSTord SelambSSStellan SelambLALauraPSPeter SelambHEHermanDSDagmar Selamb

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Selamb family core
  • Protagonist

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SetupAftermathClimax
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  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See Dagmar Selamb in part i i the cry