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Vor Jahren kaufte ich blind ein gebrauchtes deutsches Buch, in der Hoffnung, dass mein Deutscher eines Tages gut genug sein wird, um seinen Inhalt zu verstehen. Ich habe mich eindeutig falsch gemacht, da dieses Buch „Hermeneutische Eissche“ heißt?
Wie auch immer, heute habe ich es endlich durchgeflippt und etwas Interessantes gefunden. Scheint, dass jemand namens Grondin Gadamer dieses Buch 1994 für 39,8 € gekauft hat, wobei beide Einnahmen innerhalb des Buches intakt bleiben (und die Worte im Jahr 2025 noch lesbar sind!). Auf der Rückseite einer Quittung befindet sich eine Karte in die Buchhandlung Stern-Verlag. Es gibt auch eine orangefarbene Karte, aber ich bin mir nicht sicher über ihren Zweck.
Da ich bald Deutschland besuchen werde, schaue ich in den Buchladen und stellte leider fest, dass es 2016 geschlossen wurde. Ich finde es immer noch seltsam (auf eine gute Weise), dass ein Buch so viele Jahre durchlaufen hat und sich herausgestellt hat, um sich zu befinden meine Hand. Aber ich denke, ich werde dieses Buch noch viele Jahre behalten, bis ich es als guter Leser finde.
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Von Geolynnx
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What do you mean „old“, 1994 was just 10 years ago.
I love how it says „Please dont take this card with you“ on the bottom of the orange card.
I could imagine this was book lent from a library which was never brought back.
It’s funny how you sound like 1994 is ancient history. It’s really not that long ago.
It is not unusual to not understand German philosophy/sociology books. Even Germans studying in this field have a hard time understanding it ^^
They didn’t buy the book for 39,80€ (the currency symbol comes after the number in Germany). They paid 39,80 DM, as the Euro came around in 2002.
Actually, the bookstore on the campus of Universität Düsseldorf still exists in the very same building. It’s just not owned by Stern Verlag anymore.
Slight correction: “Grondin Gadamer” isn’t the name of the buyer, but the last names of the two editors (in German: Herausgeber) of the book: Jean Grondin (Canadian philosopher) and German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer (who passed in 2002).
Grondin Gadamer didn’t buy the book. That’s the editor (Jean Grondin) and the author (Hans-Georg Gadamer) …
> in 1994 for €39,8
No, the euro hadn’t been introduced yet: the price is DM 39.80. When the euro was introduced back in 2002, that would have converted to €20.35.
> There’s also an orange card but I’m not sure about its purpose.
At the bottom it says, „Please do not take this card. Thank you,“ so it shouldn’t be in there. It has details of the book (title, author, ISBN, etc.), and the space at the bottom appears to record orders: „Best.“ I imagine identifies which member of staff ordered it, „Anzahl“ how many copies were ordered, and „Eing. Dat.“ when the order arrived. It seems this was a one-off, ordered by a student: the bookstore took delivery on 30th September, the student picked it up on 12th October.
The handwritten receipt seems to have been written by somebody who didn’t understand the title. The book is called *Hermaneutische Wahrheit?* and was written by the Canadian philosopher Jean Grondin in response to a work by the German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer, out of which somebody made „Grondin Gadamer“.
That receipt, by the way, appears to be a carbon copy. There would be two versions of the same pre-printed invoice with a layer of carbon between them. The clerk would write on the top copy, the pressure of the pen would cause a copy of the handwriting to be imprinted on the bottom copy. The bottom copy was perforated so it could be carefully torn out of the book and given to the customer, so the store and the customer each had an identical copy. If the customer had a complaint of some kind, they would bring their copy which the store could match with their copy, which would confirm that it was genuine. This was before computers and barcodes were widespread, so the till receipt didn’t give any useful information except that a certain amount of money was paid.