La Tormenta de Nieve / The Snowstorm

A personal experience of Tolstoy's own was the inspiration for The Snowstorm, which appeared in 1856 in the magazine The Contemporary. A blizzard surprises a traveler and his coachman in the Russian steppe and drives them astray. When the coachman decides to turn back, the traveler joins a caravan where he meets a series of diverse characters. An early work by the great Russian author that, in its brevity, addresses themes such as overcoming obstacles, vanity, and the search for recognition.