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Shridaman very much liked all this, comparing it with himself, who was several
shades lighter in both head and limbs, with a face too quite otherwise shaped.
The ridge of his nose was thin as a blade; eyes he had, soft of pupil and lid, and
on ...
Shridaman very much liked all this, comparing it with himself, who was several
shades lighter in both head and limbs, with a face too quite otherwise shaped.
The ridge of his nose was thin as a blade; eyes he had, soft of pupil and lid, and
on ...
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Forgive me, dear Shridaman " — and she turned expressly to his head,
deliberately overlooking the Nanda-body it sat on ... Things swam before my eyes
, I saw only unclearly whose head and limbs I had in my hands and had to trust to
luck ...
Forgive me, dear Shridaman " — and she turned expressly to his head,
deliberately overlooking the Nanda-body it sat on ... Things swam before my eyes
, I saw only unclearly whose head and limbs I had in my hands and had to trust to
luck ...
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And in short the joyous friend-body, in its former life the chief of the whole, turned
into a tame appendage to a head, into ... that the effect was reciprocal between
head and limbs; since the Shridaman-head, conditioning his I- and my- feeling, ...
And in short the joyous friend-body, in its former life the chief of the whole, turned
into a tame appendage to a head, into ... that the effect was reciprocal between
head and limbs; since the Shridaman-head, conditioning his I- and my- feeling, ...
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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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