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Snow (1964) is a significant collection of short stories by Croatian writer Višnja Stahuljak, in which the author demonstrates an exceptional sense for psychological characterization of characters and the creation of a striking, lyrical atmosphere. The collection deals with intimate themes, everyday human dramas, growing up, and subtle emotional distances between people. The central motif of snow permeates the entire work, functioning simultaneously as a real landscape and a powerful symbol. Snow represents whiteness, purity, and peace, but also signifies coldness, loneliness, freezing of emotions, and the temporary covering of repressed feelings and past traumas. The author portrays characters with great compassion in moments of life's turning points, silent realizations, and inner turmoil, emphasizing their mental processes rather than external dynamic events.