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The Transposed Heads ( German: Die vertauschten Köpfe) is a novella by Thomas Mann. It was written in 1940 and published later that year by Bermann-Fischer. The English translation by H. T. Lowe-Porter was published in 1941 by Alfred A. Knopf.
- Anna Jacobson, Thomas Mann
- 1940
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The original source for The Transposed Heads is a Sanskrit legend translated by the Indologist Heinrich Robert Zimmer, to whom Mann dedicated the American edition of this work. Although he...
Thomas Mann: The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India. This is not only a short novel by Thomas Mann, it’s also a very unusual novel for him. It’s set in India, in mythic times, so, therefore, it must be true. I’ll let Mann introduce the novel, for he does it much better than I ever could.
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.
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