HOW MUCH EASIER would a love triangle be if you could combine the best attributes of each paramour to create the perfect being? In "The Transposed Heads," an ancient tale of India, Nanda's muscular body becomes host to Sridaman's erudite head to satisfy a young woman's love for the two. Of course, such folly can only lead to philosophical problems. What is more important, after all, physical or intellectual beauty? Or can you really separate the two? Thomas Mann, author of his own classic story of obsession "Death in Venice," was so impressed with this traditional tale that he translated the Indian legend in 1941, giving new generations an opportunity to ponder... More >>>