The Transposed Heads: A Legend of IndiaAn ancient Indian fable of the time when men and gods talked together. |
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Both men, both once. All is over! My lord and husband, wh went about the fire
with me, my Shridaman wit the estimable head and the body, which after a was
warm, for he taught me lust, as far as I know it, in nights of holy wedlock—severed
...
Both men, both once. All is over! My lord and husband, wh went about the fire
with me, my Shridaman wit the estimable head and the body, which after a was
warm, for he taught me lust, as far as I know it, in nights of holy wedlock—severed
...
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If you cannot add two an two in women's matters, then hang yourself, do But not
here in my bailiwick, to make it look as though dear life should all at once perish
and go out of the world, just on account of your silliness. My ears are full as it is of
...
If you cannot add two an two in women's matters, then hang yourself, do But not
here in my bailiwick, to make it look as though dear life should all at once perish
and go out of the world, just on account of your silliness. My ears are full as it is of
...
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... anguished attack of tenderness, kindled by a lovely image on which he at once
hastened to confer a human dignity; that rapture, in short, born, of course, of spirit
and sense combined, and of his whole personality — had been above all and ...
... anguished attack of tenderness, kindled by a lovely image on which he at once
hastened to confer a human dignity; that rapture, in short, born, of course, of spirit
and sense combined, and of his whole personality — had been above all and ...
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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
Inhalt
Abschnitt 1 | 3 |
Abschnitt 2 | 11 |
Abschnitt 3 | 31 |
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agree already answered arms asked bath beauty become belongs Berlin blind bliss blood body Brahman breast called carry certainly common course Cows 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 knowledge leave limbs listen live longer look lust mean mind Mother mountain Nanda nature ness night offer once pass question round seemed sense shape short showed Shridaman side sight Sita Sita's soft soon soul speak spirit steps stood story sword taken tell things thou thought tion took Translated tree turned voice wait wedded whole womb youth
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India |
| Autor | 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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