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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... thou done , and how couldst thou bring thy- self to do this with thy hands and arms , a deed so hard to do ! It was not anything for thee ! No one urged thee to this , yet hast thou accomplished it . Always have I admired thy spirit ...
... thou done , and how couldst thou bring thy- self to do this with thy hands and arms , a deed so hard to do ! It was not anything for thee ! No one urged thee to this , yet hast thou accomplished it . Always have I admired thy spirit ...
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... thou wouldst , and per- haps in thy wisdom thou wouldst have called the guilt of being more essential than that of action . But what more can a man do than avoid acting ? I have kept silent as much as possible in order not to speak with ...
... thou wouldst , and per- haps in thy wisdom thou wouldst have called the guilt of being more essential than that of action . But what more can a man do than avoid acting ? I have kept silent as much as possible in order not to speak with ...
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... thou done ? Or what has hap- pened ? Or what in thy flurry hast thou made to happen ? In a word ( to put the question so that it takes proper cognizance of the fluid boundary be- tween doing and happening ) , what has come to pass with ...
... thou done ? Or what has hap- pened ? Or what in thy flurry hast thou made to happen ? In a word ( to put the question so that it takes proper cognizance of the fluid boundary be- tween doing and happening ) , what has come to pass with ...
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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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