The Transposed Heads: A Legend of IndiaFrom a Nobel Prize for Literature winner and one of the most iconic German writers of the 20th century, Transposed Heads is a beautiful story that explores the complex relationship between the spirit, body, and mind. Inspired by an ancient Hindu legend, Mann's writes about two Indian friends, Shridaman and Nanda, whom together, decide to decapitate themselves. However, they awaken from their attempted suicides to find their heads restored, but to the wrong body. Now, Sita, the wife of Shridaman must determine the true meaning of identity as she navigates her own feelings as to which representation is her actual husband. As the love-triangle carries on, Mann shows just how entwined our mind, body, and spirit are. "The Transposed Heads is altogether delightful . . . It is certainly the most charming of Mann's works . . . in short, a restatement in parable form of Mann's intransigent faith in the human intellect. It is also a rich and subtle analysis of the psychology of friendship and love."--Sewanee Review |
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... dear friend , what hast thou done , and how couldst thou bring thyself to do this
with thy hands and arms , a deed so hard to do ! ... now must I in tears admire thy
body too , because thou hast been able to do this hardest of all deeds !
... dear friend , what hast thou done , and how couldst thou bring thyself to do this
with thy hands and arms , a deed so hard to do ! ... now must I in tears admire thy
body too , because thou hast been able to do this hardest of all deeds !
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Surely you did not believe I would fail you , that my stout arms would falter at a
deed your slender ones have carried out ! Often have I told you I did not think to
survive a parting from you ; when in your lovesickness you ordered me to build
the ...
Surely you did not believe I would fail you , that my stout arms would falter at a
deed your slender ones have carried out ! Often have I told you I did not think to
survive a parting from you ; when in your lovesickness you ordered me to build
the ...
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Shridaman recounted his own and Nanda ' s grisly deed , the relenting of the
goddess to Sita , and Sita ' s pardonable error at the work of restoration . At last
he got to the end , and put the question . “ Thus and thus , ” said he , “ the
husband ' s ...
Shridaman recounted his own and Nanda ' s grisly deed , the relenting of the
goddess to Sita , and Sita ' s pardonable error at the work of restoration . At last
he got to the end , and put the question . “ Thus and thus , ” said he , “ the
husband ' s ...
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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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already answered arms asked bath beauty become belongs blind bliss blood body Brahman breast called carry certainly clear common course Cows cried dark death desire dream embraced everything eyes face fact father fear feel fire flesh flow flowers gave give goddess hand happiness head heart hold holy honour human husband Kamadamana leave limbs listen live longer look lust mean mind Mother Nanda nature never night offerings once pass Plays question river round seemed sense shape short showed Shridaman side sight Sita Sita's soft soon soul speak spirit steps stood Stories sweet sword taken tell thin thing thou thought tion took tree turned voice wait wedded whole womb youth
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| Titel | The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India Vintage Books. V-86 Band 86 von Vintage book |
| Autor/in | Thomas Mann |
| Übersetzt von | Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter |
| Verlag | Vintage Books, 1959 |
| Original von | die University of Virginia |
| Digitalisiert | 23. Aug. 2008 |
| ISBN | 0394700864, 9780394700861 |
| Länge | 115 Seiten |
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