The Transposed Heads: A Legend of IndiaAn ancient Indian fable of the time when men and gods talked together. |
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The friendship between the two youths was based on the diversity in their I-and
my—feelings, those of the one yearning towards ... And the doctrine applies
especially in youth, when the clay of life is still soft and the I- and my—feelings
not yet ...
The friendship between the two youths was based on the diversity in their I-and
my—feelings, those of the one yearning towards ... And the doctrine applies
especially in youth, when the clay of life is still soft and the I- and my—feelings
not yet ...
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... and the head merely a pleasing appendage. All in all the two were like Siva in
his double manifestation, lying sometimes as dead, a bearded ascetic, at the feet
of the goddess, but sometimes erect, a figure in the bloom of youth, stretching 8.
... and the head merely a pleasing appendage. All in all the two were like Siva in
his double manifestation, lying sometimes as dead, a bearded ascetic, at the feet
of the goddess, but sometimes erect, a figure in the bloom of youth, stretching 8.
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Had ever I blushed at the sight of a youth's breast or felt my eyes burn when I
looked at his arms and legs? No, all that was like nothing at all to me, it did not
touch ever so little my coolness and pertness, for I was like a closed book. A
youth ...
Had ever I blushed at the sight of a youth's breast or felt my eyes burn when I
looked at his arms and legs? No, all that was like nothing at all to me, it did not
touch ever so little my coolness and pertness, for I was like a closed book. A
youth ...
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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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Bibliografische Informationen
| 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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