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A young girl stood at the lonely shrine, aboul to perform the ritual of the bath. She
had laid her sari and bodice on the steps and stood there quite nude, save only
for some beads round her neck, her swaying ear-rings, and a white ribbon round
...
A young girl stood at the lonely shrine, aboul to perform the ritual of the bath. She
had laid her sari and bodice on the steps and stood there quite nude, save only
for some beads round her neck, her swaying ear-rings, and a white ribbon round
...
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The little witch stood there too long in your sight; Kama, the god with the flowery
arrow, has pierced you through. What we thought was the humming of bees was
the whirr of his bolt; and Rati, sister of the springtime and desire, she has done ...
The little witch stood there too long in your sight; Kama, the god with the flowery
arrow, has pierced you through. What we thought was the humming of bees was
the whirr of his bolt; and Rati, sister of the springtime and desire, she has done ...
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Did it only seem so to his blood-shot eyes, or had he never anywhere beheld the
raging one in such triumphantly horrible guise? Framed in an arch composed of
skulls and hacked-off hands and feet, the idol stood out from the living rocky wall
...
Did it only seem so to his blood-shot eyes, or had he never anywhere beheld the
raging one in such triumphantly horrible guise? Framed in an arch composed of
skulls and hacked-off hands and feet, the idol stood out from the living rocky wall
...
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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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