Warte im Schnee vor Deiner Tür

The first publication of the writings of Friedl Benedikt, the "born storyteller" (Elias Canetti). What a courageous woman, what an author: Friedl Benedikt was full of life, eager for action, curious, and determined. For Elias Canetti, the young woman he meets in Vienna in 1936 is "a born storyteller." He becomes her teacher and lover, her life companion until her early death in 1953. He encourages her to "write every day." She follows his advice, even in London, where they both must emigrate after the "Anschluss." Three novels are published in England, but the best of what she wrote was found in Canetti's estate and is published here for the first time: notes on encounters with friends and strangers, scenes on the street and in pubs, impressions from travels through post-war Europe, the matters of love. A great discovery.