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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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 ...
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 ...
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content 83 a bottomless vat ; because the temptations of the spirit are mingled
therein with the temptations of the flesh , until the whole thing is like the snake
that grows two heads as soon as you cut off one . But it is all quite right , and after
all ...
content 83 a bottomless vat ; because the temptations of the spirit are mingled
therein with the temptations of the flesh , until the whole thing is like the snake
that grows two heads as soon as you cut off one . But it is all quite right , and after
all ...
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The things of the spirit and mind are not synonymous with the ugly , nor need
they be ; for they take on beauty through knowledge of the beautiful and love of it
... So their love is by no means an irrelevant and hopeless thing ; for by the law ...
The things of the spirit and mind are not synonymous with the ugly , nor need
they be ; for they take on beauty through knowledge of the beautiful and love of it
... So their love is by no means an irrelevant and hopeless thing ; for by the law ...
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LibraryThing Review
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
LibraryThing Review
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