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to this mutual deed — I see all clearly. But only one sword is here — and Nanda
holds it! How- could they fight with only one? Shridaman, forgotten all wisdom
and mildness, seized the sword and hewed off Nanda 's head, who then — but
no!
to this mutual deed — I see all clearly. But only one sword is here — and Nanda
holds it! How- could they fight with only one? Shridaman, forgotten all wisdom
and mildness, seized the sword and hewed off Nanda 's head, who then — but
no!
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That is a widow's common lot; but how much worse stain will attach to me when I
return alone to the house of my father and my father-in-law? Only one sword —
they cannot have killed each other with it in turn, one sword is not enough for two.
That is a widow's common lot; but how much worse stain will attach to me when I
return alone to the house of my father and my father-in-law? Only one sword —
they cannot have killed each other with it in turn, one sword is not enough for two.
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No, we must both fall, each struck to the heart by the other's sword — for only the
sword is the 1 other's,' not the heart. That will be better than if each of us turned
the sword against his own present division; for it seems to me our heads have no
...
No, we must both fall, each struck to the heart by the other's sword — for only the
sword is the 1 other's,' not the heart. That will be better than if each of us turned
the sword against his own present division; for it seems to me our heads have no
...
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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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