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It is as though we were moved from the restless whirl of life and placed in its
motionless centre where we can draw a long breath. Hark! How cosy and hushed
it is here! I use the word ' hushed ' because we say hush when we want to listen;
...
It is as though we were moved from the restless whirl of life and placed in its
motionless centre where we can draw a long breath. Hark! How cosy and hushed
it is here! I use the word ' hushed ' because we say hush when we want to listen;
...
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Quite soundless, filled with silence, is only Nirvana, and so you could never call it
hushed, nor yet cosy." " No," answered Shridaman, and could not help laughing. "
It has probably not occurred to anyone to call Nirvana hushed, and certainly ...
Quite soundless, filled with silence, is only Nirvana, and so you could never call it
hushed, nor yet cosy." " No," answered Shridaman, and could not help laughing. "
It has probably not occurred to anyone to call Nirvana hushed, and certainly ...
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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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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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