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... as the soft mild eyes and lids, and the body that went with them. But with all my
respect, I had to ask myself whether he was really the right one to make me a wife
and instruct my maidenly cold- ness in the sweet and awful mysteries of sense.
... as the soft mild eyes and lids, and the body that went with them. But with all my
respect, I had to ask myself whether he was really the right one to make me a wife
and instruct my maidenly cold- ness in the sweet and awful mysteries of sense.
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ness in the sweet and awful mysteries of sense. — It always seemed to me it did
not fit him; it was not worthy of him, it did not go with his head, and always when
his flesh rose to encounter me in those wedded nights it seemed to me like a ...
ness in the sweet and awful mysteries of sense. — It always seemed to me it did
not fit him; it was not worthy of him, it did not go with his head, and always when
his flesh rose to encounter me in those wedded nights it seemed to me like a ...
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ness, and Sita made up her mind, whatever the cost, to seek out Nanda the
hermit to console him. One morning in spring, by starlight and before the dawn,
she put on her pilgrim shoes, took staff to hand and with the other clasped that of
her ...
ness, and Sita made up her mind, whatever the cost, to seek out Nanda the
hermit to console him. One morning in spring, by starlight and before the dawn,
she put on her pilgrim shoes, took staff to hand and with the other clasped that of
her ...
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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 |
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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