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... 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 but only a god might dream, and if he could not live without this happiness,
...
... 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 but only a god might dream, and if he could not live without this happiness,
...
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The happy miracle is that only an exchange of heads and limbs has come about
at Sita's hands, whereat our heads rejoice, being the decisive factor. Above all,
our rejoicing is due to the happiness in store for Ska of the lovely hips. But now ...
The happy miracle is that only an exchange of heads and limbs has come about
at Sita's hands, whereat our heads rejoice, being the decisive factor. Above all,
our rejoicing is due to the happiness in store for Ska of the lovely hips. But now ...
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But she had not foreseen — nor in her happiness would at first admit it — that the
Nanda-body, when combined with the narrow- nosed Shridaman-head, the
thoughtful, mild eyes and cheeks covered with soft fan-shaped beard, was no
longer ...
But she had not foreseen — nor in her happiness would at first admit it — that the
Nanda-body, when combined with the narrow- nosed Shridaman-head, the
thoughtful, mild eyes and cheeks covered with soft fan-shaped beard, was no
longer ...
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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 1 | 11 |
Abschnitt 2 | 50 |
Abschnitt 3 | 66 |
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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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