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The friendship between the two youths was based on the diversity in their I- and
my-feelings, those of the one yearning towards those of the other. Incorporation,
that is, makes for isolation, isolation for difference; difference makes for ...
The friendship between the two youths was based on the diversity in their I- and
my-feelings, those of the one yearning towards those of the other. Incorporation,
that is, makes for isolation, isolation for difference; difference makes for ...
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A yearning stronger than we are, too strong to sustain — we are right in calling it
unfitting for man, only fit for a god to know. But I am sure you mean well by me,
you want to console me, so I forgive you the vulgar and ignorant way you express
...
A yearning stronger than we are, too strong to sustain — we are right in calling it
unfitting for man, only fit for a god to know. But I am sure you mean well by me,
you want to console me, so I forgive you the vulgar and ignorant way you express
...
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We need only recall that to realize how much obsessed a man is, not only with
the desired one but with desire itself; how he is not seeking sanity but intoxication
and yearning, and fears nothing more than to be undeluded, that is to say ...
We need only recall that to realize how much obsessed a man is, not only with
the desired one but with desire itself; how he is not seeking sanity but intoxication
and yearning, and fears nothing more than to be undeluded, that is to say ...
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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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