The Transposed Heads: A Legend of IndiaAn ancient Indian fable of the time when men and gods talked together. |
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... the fulfilment of the wishes founded in the beauty and virtue of the maiden—
was unthinkable, unimaginable, and of an extravagance, in short, far beyond
mortal pretensions. If a man were afflicted by desire for a happiness of which no
mortal ...
... the fulfilment of the wishes founded in the beauty and virtue of the maiden—
was unthinkable, unimaginable, and of an extravagance, in short, far beyond
mortal pretensions. If a man were afflicted by desire for a happiness of which no
mortal ...
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Hers above all! For if we are to put her happiness and satisfaction before
everything else, then certainly there can be no purer and more perfect solution
than the one I describe.” “No,” said Shridaman, “I would not have expected this
from 127.
Hers above all! For if we are to put her happiness and satisfaction before
everything else, then certainly there can be no purer and more perfect solution
than the one I describe.” “No,” said Shridaman, “I would not have expected this
from 127.
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You have always been a modest youth; but now all at once you scale the heights
of presumption, and declare your situation the purest and perfectest in the world
to guarantee Sita's happiness, when it is obvious that it is I who have the best, ...
You have always been a modest youth; but now all at once you scale the heights
of presumption, and declare your situation the purest and perfectest in the world
to guarantee Sita's happiness, when it is obvious that it is I who have the best, ...
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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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already answered arms asked beauty become belongs Berlin blind bliss blood body Brahman breast called carry certainly common course Cows cried death deed desire dream embraced everything eyes face fact father feel fire Fischer Verlag flesh flow flowers gave give goddess H. T. Lowe-Porter hand happiness head heart hold holy honour husband Kamadamana limbs listen live longer look lust matter mean mind Mother mountain Nanda nature ness night offer once question round seemed sense shape short showed Shridaman side sight Sita Sita's soft soon soul speak spirit steps stood story sword taken tell thing thou thought tion took Translated by H. T. tree turned voice wait wedded whole womb youth
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| Titel | The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India |
| Autor/in | Thomas Mann |
| Übersetzt von | Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter |
| Mitwirkende Personen | Arthur George Rock |
| Verlag | A. A. Knopf, 1941 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 22. Jan. 2007 |
| Länge | 194 Seiten |
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