Sophie Newman talks about her father's copy of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha, now at her mother's house. The book felt weighty to her, something she needed to connect with. She highlights sparingly, unlike her conversation partner, and her father left no annotations in his copy.
I was beginning to see. Yeah. Not only his escape, but maybe how he saw himself through this character of Siddhartha, which I can talk about more.
So the copy that you get, is it your dad's copy?
It was. Unfortunately, this one is not, because I. The other one is at my mom's house somewhere. But. But the copy that I had was his copy.
Okay, so it's his copy.
Yeah.
So how does that feel?
It had a lot of weight. Like, I think if I didn't like Siddhartha and if I didn't understand it, it would have been really disappointing.
Did he have notes in it?
He didn't have notes in it.
He didn't highlight.
He didn't, but.
Are you a highlighter?
I'm a highlighter. I have some highlights in here.
You don't highlight as much as me though, right?
No, I don't highlight as much.
You say I over highlight.
I wouldn't say so. You just personalize.
