| Title | : | Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0091901340 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780091901349 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 842 |
| Publication | : | First published November 1, 1991 |
Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs Reviews
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Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter #1-2), Thomas Harris
Red Dragon is a novel by American author Thomas Harris, first published in 1981. The novel introduced the character Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial-killer, to whom Graham reluctantly turns for advice and has a dark past with.
The Silence of the Lambs is a novel by Thomas Harris. First published in 1988, it is the sequel to Harris' 1981 novel Red Dragon.
Both novels feature the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter, this time pitted against FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling.
Its film adaptation directed by Jonathan Demme was released in 1991 to box office success and critical acclaim. Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, is asked to carry out an errand by Jack Crawford, the head of the FBI division that draws up psychological profiles of serial killers.
Starling is to present a questionnaire to the brilliant forensic psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer, Hannibal Lecter. Lecter is serving nine consecutive life sentences in a Maryland mental institution for a series of murders.
دو جلد در یک مجلد است
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: ماه فوریه سال 1992میلادی
عنوان: اژدهای سرخ؛ اثر: توماس (تامس) هریس؛ مترجم: اصغر اندرودی، تهران، دایره 1388، در 549ص؛ شابک 9789646339977؛ پیش از داستان سکوت بره ها؛ موضوع: داستانهای نویسندگان امریکایی - سده 20م
عنوان: سکوت بره ها؛ اثر: توماس (تامس) هریس؛ مترجمها: اصغر اندرودی، مجتبی مینائی؛ مشخصات نشر تهران، چاپ نخست، 1371، در 492ص، چاپ های بعدی، نشر خاتون، 1373، پارسیان، 1374، نشر اوحدی، سال 1377، شابک 964637633؛ نشر دایره، 1379، شابک 9646839215؛ موضوع: داستانهای نویسندگان آمریکایی سده 20م
مترجم: علیرضا انصاری، نشر چکاوک، 1390، شابک 9789648957259؛
داستان اژدهای سرخ مربوط یک قاتل روانی به نام: «فرانسیس دلارهاید» با گرایش‌های سرکوب شده همجنسگرایانه است، که در یک مؤسسه ظهور فیلم، در سنت لوییس آمریکا، مشغول به کار است، و بواسطه شغلش، به فیلمهای خانگی، که از نقاط مختلف آمریکا، به آنجا فرستاده می‌شوند دسترسی داشته، و از آن راه قربانیان خود را برمی‌گزیند.؛ او در جنایات خود با تصویر اژدهایی، در یکی از آثار «ویلیام بلیک»، شاعر و نقاش آمریکایی سده هجده میلادی، به نام: «اژدهای سرخ کبیر و زن ژنده پوش»، همزاد پنداری کرده، و اینگونه به خویشتن تلقین می‌کند، که قربانیان در حقیقت توسط اژدها انتخاب و به تعالی می‌رسند
در داستان: سکوت بره ها، کلاریس استارلینگ (جودی فاستر)، توسط جک کرافورد (اسکات گلن)، از آکادمی آموزشی اف.بی.آی.، در کوانتیکوو ویرجینیا، انتخاب می‌شود.؛ کرافورد به استارلینگ مأموریت می‌دهد، که با هانیبال لکتر (آنتونی هاپکینز)، که یک روانشناس و قاتل زنجیره ای است، گفتگو نماید، چرا که اعتقاد دارد، که «لکتر» ممکن است بتواند، به آنها در پیدا کردن «بیل بوفالو» (قاتلی زنجیره ای که پوست قربانیانش را از تنشان جدا می‌کند)، یاری نماید.؛ استارلینگ، به بیمارستان روانی در بالتیمور می‌رود، و در آنجا دکتر فردریک چیلتون (آنتونی هیلد)، او را به سلول دکتر لکتر راهنمایی می‌کند.؛ دکتر لکتر نخست آرام است، اما به ناگهان پرخاشگر می‌شود، چرا که استارلینگ کوشش دارد از او، اطلاعات بیرون بکشد.؛ در حالیکه استارلینگ، با ترس، در حال ترک سلول است، یکی از بیماران، به کلاریس توهین بدی می‌کند، که لکتر این عمل را بسیار زشت می‌پندارد، و استارلینگ را صدا می‌کند، که برگردد، تا به او بگوید که به دنبال یکی از بیماران سابقش بگردد.؛ این راهنمایی، استارلینگ را به یک زیرزمین سوق می‌دهد، که در آنجا جسد یکی از بیماران سابق لکتر را پیدا می‌کند.؛ استارلینگ به پیش لکتر برمی‌گردد، و لکتر به او می‌گوید، که این جسد به بیل بوفالو مرتبط است؛ استارلینگ، به لکتر پیشنهاد می‌دهد، در صورتیکه به او در این زمینه کمک کند، از کلینیک دکتر چیلتون به جایی دیگر منتقل شود.؛ و ....؛
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 30/05/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی -
Five stars to both of these books. Loved the stories, very well written. Would definitely read again.
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انا لست رجلا كما ترون
لقد بدات كرجل و لكن بمشيئة الله و رحمته؛"و ارادتي":{تحولت}و صرت ما هو اكثر من مجرد رجل
فرانسيس دولارهايد
رائعة السفاحين لتوماس هاريس الصادرة عام ١٩٨٢
و التي جمعت بين اقوي ابطاله و الظابط ويل جراهام
تتميز كل من صمت الحملان و التنين الاحمر بعدد ضخم من الاقتباسات علي لسان سفاحين توضح كل شيء ثقريبا لكل من يسألون عن ماهية الدوافع التي تجعل قاتل يقتل عائلات كاملة لا يعرفها حتي
كاغلب روايات هاريس السوداوية؛ تقبضك و تتركك كئيبا بائساَ -
Red Dragon
“Fear comes with imagination, it’s a penalty, it’s the price of imagination.”
I was first introduced to Dr. Lecter in 1999. As a 14 year old he awoke a lot of new curiosities in my life. I believe this movie was the start of my love for horror.
Why I only got around to reading the books now is still a mystery. I’ve seen all the movie adaptations and the TV series. Usually I won’t see any movies or series before I read the books, but this was just the other way around.
That being said, I was a bit disappointed in Thomas. His writing is a bit sporadic, and it felt like he had difficulty putting his thought down on paper.
I was however pleasantly surprised by the differences in the book vs the movie. Graham is such a different character than I expected. And the twist at the end really made me curious to see how the other books will differ.
Silence of the Lambs
“Being smart spoils a lot of things, doesn't it?”
I must say I enjoyed
The Silence of the Lambs a lot more than I did
Red Dragon.
Not sure if it is because I got used to
Harris' writing or because the writing was just overall better?
The thing I enjoy most is that the FBI and police are really ignorant about the killer. Most of their attempts turn out into dead-ends and wrong places. Some authors seem to miss that the protagonist doesn't have to know everything about the killer and his evil plans.
The dynamics between Starling and Lecter is what makes this book in my opinion. The way they manipulate each other and think they are in the position of power.
I now need to get
Hannibal and
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Great duo!!
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I'm not a very psychological thriller reader, too much violence for me, but here I am with 5 bright stars for Hannibal Lecter!
Is something wrong with me if I find him incredibly awesome, fabulous, charming and irresistible?! Shame on me.
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I dug this today for Mr. R to read because I was shocked that he hadn't, anyway before it made it to him I found myself reading it, so he's reading Hannibal Rising first instead. Because I guess it is the first in terms of character order, if not publication order. I know the books well as stand alone stories but I think they are better read as a set of work.
I love the whole series. I like that even after I've read these countless times now, they still pull me in and I still notice something new each time. The stories are brilliantly plotted, but the characters are outstanding, not just the obvious things like the Starling/ Lecter relationship - every character is - Lecter's cultured side - only eating the rude or bad flute players still makes me laugh and feel grossed out at the same time. When Jack Crawford is sitting with his wife and feels 'which book was warm' because he can't focus on anything but her pain at that moment is heartbreaking. The scant pages that deal with the love story between Jack and Bella Crawford convey more emotion and romance than some entire romance novels can't pull off...And Clarice has a Mustang, not because the author Googled 'cool cars' and stuck her with what came up the top of the list. The man describes the engine notes, because if you have a Mustang, that's the kind of stuff that matters. And that tricky, somewhat mulish, model of Mustang fits Starling's personality perfectly.
There are so many little details that make these books amazing - and I think, they are part of the reason why I get so ticked off with some of the other writers who think if they cram enough shock and gore into a story they get a sociopath but a well written sociopathic serial killer is as rare as the real deal, which is around 3%- 5% of the global population. -
I've only read the Red Dragon, and not Silence of the Lambs. However I found the book to be very interesting, I mean it practically dares you to put it down, because the author knew you couldn't once you've started. I gave this a 5 out of 5. Anyone who reads this book will be satisfied with it.
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Classics
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Everybody needs a good villain.
Like good coffee, the perfectly good villain is a creature hard to define and even hard to find. Fortunately, in the hands of the good Dr Hannibal Lecter, we're perfectly taken care of.
For the purpose of this discussion, we're going to forget the movies and TV show: I'm a purist in matters of the heart and Dr Lecter is very, very close to my heart.
I actually read the series out of sequence, my first read being Hannibal which is the third novel. Fully enraptured by the poetic and dark plot, I nagged my Dad into buying me the rest of the set wherever he could find it. Dad found this fat little gem stalking the old book bazaars of Karachi. I was doing my house-job in Surgery at the time, that being my first ever actual job as a doctor. Understandably, I went crazy with my 'official' Daktaarrr saa'ab stamp (WHAT IS IT WITH ME AND STAMPS, SUBCONCIOUS?!) and proceeded to mark my ownership over all the novels Dad would bring for me from Karachi.
There is a marked progression of Thomas Harris's interest in Hannibal as a character when you look at the books sequentially. In the first two, he's more of an accessory villain in contrast to the more grotesque monsters presented in the novels. He serves to put their crimes into context with his calm, rational discourses, first with Will Graham then later with Clarice Starling.
Ah, but who provides context for the good doctor?
Hannibal's enduring power lies in the mystery that surrounds his origins and his almost vampiric demeanour. The guy is a genius, a physician, a mass murderer and finally a lover to Clarice Starling. Hannibal as a character is like a really good bass guitar that's initially humming in the background but later forms the core of the entire song (listen to Swingin' Party by Kindness on Soundcloud. Thank me later).
ONLY, and I repeat, ONLY a writer of Thomas Harris's narrative brilliance could pull that off. Perhaps that has to do with Harris's first job as a crime-scene reporter. His prose is surgical in its precision, haunting and heavy with poetry that forms from every image he carves. Like Frank Herbert, Harris does not judge, only narrates. His plot never descends into the kind of sensationalist hyperbole other crime and suspense writers fall victim to. Harris like Hannibal isn't conventional and can't be pigeon-holed. Like reaaaaaally good, dark coffee. -
5/5 - The Silence of the Lambs
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It's been many years since I last read these two books and despite having watched the films with relative frequency, I had forgotten how great these really are. Harris has a definite and possible disturbing talent for writing serial killer characters, capturing their different personalities, character quirks and psychoses with an ease that is chilling. Red Dragon is our introduction to Hannibal Lector, who I will always picture and hear as Anthony Hopkins, as he is used by the FBI to help capture the Tooth Fairy, a disturbed and unstable killer tormented by the memory of his grandmother and the Great Red Dragon that lives with him (so to speak). This then flows beautifully into Silence as Lector's mind and insights are used by the FBI once again in trying to capture Buffalo Bill. Having these two stories together and reading them back to back shows how well they work together and how Lector alters his character to suit the person he is speaking to, as long as it suits his own sense of fun of course.
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I loved this book!! True, I got it after avidly (some have said obsessively) watching the entire first series of Hannibal on NBC, but the show only spurred me on to read the book. And, unsurprisingly, I loved it!
I loved the character of Dr. Lecter, and come Silence of The Lambs, the back and forth between Clarice Starling and Hannibal the Cannibal. There were moments where I even laughed out loud!
Harris wonderfully created these characters, and as wonderful as they are, it was a little strange picturing Jack Crawford as white, much like having Dr. Bloom be a male was a completely foreign idea.
However, as wonderful a world as he created, the style of Harris annoyed me at times, as he would mention things that had happened previously in the story's universe, but he would only ever touch lightly on them instead of saying what had happened. But that's a personal opinion, and it wasn't enough to sour my love for all things Hannibal.
Consider me a tried and true Fannibal!! -
thomas harris defined a new genre with the invention of hannibal lecter. the original story in red dragon brings to life the flawed but adventurous will graham. while the silence of the lambs fleshes out the obnoxious hannibal in earlier life. red dragon is a great detective thriller with the suitable twist to keep you guessing. while silence of the lambs is a fine structured novel on the life of a bitter and near perfect sociopath. the movie from jonathon demme did the novel well.
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I read Red Dragon
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This book I am reading. -
one of my favorite movies! Even though I watched the movies first I literally screamed at the end of red dragon!!!
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Red Dragon:
Will Graham used to be a profiler for the FBI. He is forced out of retirement in order to help catch a new killer, “The Tooth Fairy” (or as the murderer thinks of himself, the Red Dragon), who has brutally murdered 2 families thus far. This novel also introduced us to Hannibal Lecter for the first time as Graham finds himself having to seek help from the cannibal killer (whose apprehension he played a key role in), and this paves the way to one of the more disturbing pen pal-activities I could imagine.
Harris plays around with what seems like tropes in a way that still managed to surprised me and keep me guessing.
I am also amazed that this story will have been published 40 years ago next year. It has aged so well, and doesn’t feel dated at all. Mom has had this book since I was 5 and although it has taken me a very long time, I’m very happy that I decided to read it. A very dark, twisted and wholly engrossing read.
The Silence of the Lambs:
This is the story that made me borrow the book from my mom, one of my classic “I really liked that movie, I should try the book for size”-cases.
In this story, Jack Crawford (who we know from Red Dragon) enlists the help of fed trainee Clarice Starling. She’s to see if she can fool Lecter into helping them crack the case of crazed killer “Buffalo Bill”. A completely engrossing and dark read that I appreciated even more than the movie. I’ll have to seek out the rest of Harris’ books at some point in the future. -
Red Dragon, at times, was interesting to read. it gave off such an 80s vibes and i really enjoyed that. what I didn't enjoy was, something massive happens and then it goes stop and start with the flow of the story. it really turned off the book at times.
Silence of the Lambs, Dr.Lecter was so interesting to read about!!! i loved how he talked, he gripped me in so quick. but there were times where the pacing of the story falls off. at times there were parts of the book that was so gripping and i really enjoyed that.
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Two great reads in one which were made into sensational films Red Dragon a psychopath is murdering families Dr Hannibal Lecter a homicidal genius is a asylum shares his insight Will Graham is the man who locked Lecter up needs his help before the killer strikes again
The silence of the lambs a serial killer known as Buffalo Bill is killing young women the key to finding him is with Dr Hannibal Lecter Clarice Starling must use his insight to catch the killer -
After a series of particularly grisly murders, Will Graham, FBI, soon realizes that the best way to catch this killer, known as the Tooth Fairy, is to find a way to get inside the killer's mind. For Graham, that means confronting his past and facing his former nemesis, the now-incarcerated Lecter.
Later, once more Dr. Lecter is called upon again to help catch ‘Buffalo Bill’, a serial killer skinning women.
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I can see why these books are so well loved in the bookish community! The Silence of the Lambs was definitely my favourite, and the dynamic of Clarice and Lecter was absolutely brilliant. I couldn't put either book down whilst I was reading them, and I'm so excited to carry on with the series. It was so brilliant from start to finish!
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after taking a bit of a break from reading i have finally finished this book! and oh my gods i adore it!!! i can’t quite work out if i loved the red dragon or silence of the lambs more but i enjoyed both of them immensely. I can’t wait to continue and read the final book of the series :D
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One of the best books I’ve read in such a long time I regret not picking it up sooner, I genuinely felt emotionally connected to the characters and definitely cringed for some parts but I honestly love it
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I really enjoyed this book, from page one till the end I was captivated , interested, and didn't want to stop reading. my kind of book.
