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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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
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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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Abschnitt 1 | 3 |
Abschnitt 2 | 8 |
Abschnitt 3 | 20 |
Abschnitt 4 | 31 |
Abschnitt 5 | 40 |
Abschnitt 6 | 47 |
Abschnitt 7 | 52 |
Abschnitt 8 | 57 |
Abschnitt 9 | 67 |
Abschnitt 10 | 78 |
Abschnitt 11 | 90 |
Abschnitt 12 | 101 |
Abschnitt 13 | 107 |
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Andhaka asceticism bath beauty Bhavabhuti blind bliss body Brahman breast called course cried daman dear deed dream Durga embraced eyes face father feast feel fire flesh flowers forgive friend-body Gandharva Garga goat-nose goddess Goldfly hand happiness head and limbs headpiece heart hermit holy honour husband-body husband's head hushed Indra jujube kadamba tree Kamadamana laugh linga lips listen live look lovely Sita lucky-calf lock lust marriage Maya Mother mustard oil my-feeling Nanda Nanda-body neck ness Nirvana nose once pale polyandry river Jumna round sacrifice Samadhi Samsara sandalwood sense Shri Shrida Shridaman shrine sight Sita's Siyat soft soul speak spirit stood stout arms sweet sword swung tell thing thou thought tion took TRANSPOSED HEADS tree turned unpeopled void Vedas voice warrior blood wedded Welfare of Cows womb words yearned youth zebu