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thought: when those who have gone to school and learned something about the
nature of being speak against Indra and in favour of simplification, then we others
can have nothing to say, we can only hope that the great Comer and breaker of ...
thought: when those who have gone to school and learned something about the
nature of being speak against Indra and in favour of simplification, then we others
can have nothing to say, we can only hope that the great Comer and breaker of ...
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Think of it no more, it avails nothing, there is nothing but blood and darkness in
the darkness of this horrible place, and only one thing is clear, they behaved like
savages and not for a moment thought of me. Or rather, of course they thought of
...
Think of it no more, it avails nothing, there is nothing but blood and darkness in
the darkness of this horrible place, and only one thing is clear, they behaved like
savages and not for a moment thought of me. Or rather, of course they thought of
...
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But it retreats into the background at the thought of you, sweet Sita, for you come
before all thought of myself, and the advantage you will reap from my new
circumstances — of which I am even now so proud and glad that for my part I can
only ...
But it retreats into the background at the thought of you, sweet Sita, for you come
before all thought of myself, and the advantage you will reap from my new
circumstances — of which I am even now so proud and glad that for my part I can
only ...
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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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