Hesse's Siddhartha

I must have been sixteen or seventeen years old when I read Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. Then I read Demian and although I was impressed with it, I did not read Narziss und Goldmund, like many others did. I wasn't going to read anymore Hesse. Though usually, when I read two books by an author, both well, I like to read more of that particular writer. Anyway, with Hesse this was not the case.

 

Last week I found a first edition of Siddhartha, I hardly could believe my eyes. It really was the first edition of the book that had made a great impression not only with me, but with my entire generation. And it is with this book that Hesse definitively established his name as a writer. He became famous worldwide. 

The spine of the book is slightly damaged and the endpapers are a bit rusty, but otherwise it's a very nice copy of a rare and important book. It's on sale for 450 euros.