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For a little space there was silence, it turned its face away; when it turns back it is
no more the same, but changed to a frightful mask, a face of horror, distracting,
Medusalike, turning the beholder to stone, or maddening him to wild acts of ...
For a little space there was silence, it turned its face away; when it turns back it is
no more the same, but changed to a frightful mask, a face of horror, distracting,
Medusalike, turning the beholder to stone, or maddening him to wild acts of ...
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I, too, say Siyat to this miracle, for I have always wanted a slender body like this,
and now, when I speak for Indra's cult of words and against simplification, it will
become me better than it did before — or at least if not my face it will become my
...
I, too, say Siyat to this miracle, for I have always wanted a slender body like this,
and now, when I speak for Indra's cult of words and against simplification, it will
become me better than it did before — or at least if not my face it will become my
...
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At least I might recognize your face; but your form seems in the meantime to have
gone through a certain refining process which I suppose I may ascribe to your
former visit." " It did me a great deal of good," Nanda answered evasively. " But
the ...
At least I might recognize your face; but your form seems in the meantime to have
gone through a certain refining process which I suppose I may ascribe to your
former visit." " It did me a great deal of good," Nanda answered evasively. " But
the ...
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Nutzerbericht - polutropos - LibraryThingFew pages, leaving the reader with much to think about. What is attraction? What is beauty? What is the role of love and lust in a relationship? What is, ultimately, morality? Written with a light, humorous touch, the book is unforgettable. Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - fieldnotes - LibraryThingThis folkloric, Hindu-light treatment of desire, loyalty and identity lacks the craft, gravity and heft of other Thomas Mann novels. His few prose outbursts in description of beauty or deity seem ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Abschnitt 2 | 50 |
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Andhaka Anton Janson bathing-place beauty Bermann-Fischer Verlag Bhavabhuti blind bliss body Brahman breast BUDDENBROOKS called cried death DEATH IN VENICE deed desire dream embraced eyes face father feast feel fire Fischer Verlag flesh flowers friend-body Garga goat-nose goddess Goldfly H. T. Lowe-Porter hand happiness head and limbs headpiece heart hermit hips holy honour husband husband-body hushed Indra kadamba tree Kamadamana lips listen live look lovely Sita lucky-calf lock lust Maya Mother mountain mustard oil my-feeling ness Nirvana Novel Berlin pale polyandry round sacrifice Samsara sandalwood sense Shri Shrida sight Sita's Siyat soft soul speak spirit stood stout arms Sumantra sword swung tell things THOMAS MANN thou thought tion took Translated by H. T. TRANSPOSED HEADS tree turned unpeopled void Vedas voice warrior blood wedded Welfare of Cows womb words yearning youth
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India |
| Autor | Thomas Mann |
| Übersetzt von | Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter |
| Verlag | A. A. Knopf, 1941 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 22. Jan. 2007 |
| Länge | 194 Seiten |
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