I don't really have anything to add, I just love this book. I searched for "The NeverEnding Story" in this community, saw that there was no post about it and wanted to fix that :).
Image found on Facebook. I think the source of that specific printing is the Spanish version of the book, [EDIT: as pointed by @[email protected], the version on the link is also a Spanish version, I may have had a brainfart because of the font (?)] ~~but it's very similar to some German version covers~~.
Agree, Momo is GREAT! I resonate a lot with both books.
Note that (if I'm not mistaken), NES is mostly an adaptation of Nietzsche's ideas:
Many parts of the book make more sense once I was aware of those references (which was not so long ago).
This is an interesting insight. I have a degree in philosophy but tap danced around the Nietzsche class to go to the phenomenology & existentialism course instead lol