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about its negative condition and how it cannot be called hushed nor cosy, and all
that is funny enough to make one weep, or, to use the word made on purpose, it
is touching, because it makes me grieve for that well-being of yours that is so ...
about its negative condition and how it cannot be called hushed nor cosy, and all
that is funny enough to make one weep, or, to use the word made on purpose, it
is touching, because it makes me grieve for that well-being of yours that is so ...
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had said and looked straight up through the swaying boughs and flowering
bushes into the blue of Vishnu's heaven, waving broken-off branches to protect
themselves from the red-and-white flies, called Children of Indra, that came to
settle on ...
had said and looked straight up through the swaying boughs and flowering
bushes into the blue of Vishnu's heaven, waving broken-off branches to protect
themselves from the red-and-white flies, called Children of Indra, that came to
settle on ...
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For the first time she called him by his name. The hour had indeed been waited
for, but here it was at last and took on present- ness, when he spoke the words: " I
have received her "; when with offerings of rice and butter he took her from her ...
For the first time she called him by his name. The hour had indeed been waited
for, but here it was at last and took on present- ness, when he spoke the words: " I
have received her "; when with offerings of rice and butter he took her from 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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Andhaka Anton Janson bath bathing-place beauty Bermann-Fischer Verlag Bhavabhuti blind bliss body Brahman breast 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 listen live look lovely Sita lucky-calf lock lust Maya Mother mountain mustard oil my-feeling ness Nirvana Novel Berlin once pale polyandry round sacrifice Samsara sandalwood sense Shri Shrida shrine sight Sita's Siyat Ska's soft soul speak spirit stood stout arms Sumantra sword swung tell things thou thought tion Tonio Kröger took Translated by H. T. TRANSPOSED HEADS tree turned unpeopled void Vedas voice wedded Welfare of Cows womb words yearning youth
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India |
| Autoren | Thomas Mann, Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter |
| Übersetzt von | Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter |
| Verlag | Alfred Knopf, 1941 |
| Länge | 194 Seiten |
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