The Transposed Heads: A Legend of IndiaKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 12.09.1959 - 128 Seiten From 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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... goddess , and left me forlorn . They quarrelled on my account and with one and the same sword hewed off their- " " Nonsense ! Really only a female can talk such first - class tripe . They sacrificed themselves to me one after the other ...
... goddess , and left me forlorn . They quarrelled on my account and with one and the same sword hewed off their- " " Nonsense ! Really only a female can talk such first - class tripe . They sacrificed themselves to me one after the other ...
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... goddess , I am not so bad , that I should not have loved my lord and husband , and even more feared and honoured him : that head so fine and wise , the beard soft as the soft mild eyes and lids , and the body that went with them . But ...
... goddess , I am not so bad , that I should not have loved my lord and husband , and even more feared and honoured him : that head so fine and wise , the beard soft as the soft mild eyes and lids , and the body that went with them . But ...
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... goddess's gracious command : a mistake not only in so far as she carried it out in blind haste , but also in so far as she carried it out not quite and altogether in blind haste . This sentence has been well consid- ered and must be ...
... goddess's gracious command : a mistake not only in so far as she carried it out in blind haste , but also in so far as she carried it out not quite and altogether in blind haste . This sentence has been well consid- ered and must be ...
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Andhaka Arden Edition bath beauty Bhavabhuti blind bliss body Brahman breast called cried daman Dankaka Death in Venice deed desire dream embraced eyes face father FAULKNER feast feel fire flesh flowers forgive friend-body Gandharva Garga goat-nose goddess Goldfly hand happiness head and limbs heart hermit holy honour husband-body husband's head hushed Indra kadamba tree Kamadamana laugh LEGEND OF INDIA lips listen live look lovely Sita lucky-calf lock lust marriage Maya Mother mustard oil my-feeling Nanda Nanda-body ness Nirvana once pale polyandry round sacrifice Samadhi Samsara sandalwood sense Shri Shrida Shridaman sight Sita's Siyat soft soul speak spirit stood Stories stout arms sweet sword swung tell thing THOMAS MANN thou thought tion took Transposed Heads tree turned unpeopled void Vedas voice warrior blood wedded Welfare of Cows WILLIAM womb words yearned youth
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