''Details of a Sunset and Other Stories'' is a collection of thirteen short stories by
Vladimir Nabokov. All were written in Russian by Nabokov between 1924 and 1935 as an expatriate in Berlin, Paris, and
Riga
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and published individually in the émigré press at that time later to be translated into English by him and his son,
Dmitri Nabokov. The collection was published with a foreword by the author in 1976.
Stories included
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Details of a Sunset"
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A Bad Day"
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Orache"
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The Return of Chorb
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The Passenger"
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A Letter that Never Reached Russia
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A Guide to Berlin"
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The Doorbell
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* "The Thunderstorm"
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The Reunion"
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A Slice of Life"
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Christmas"
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A Busy Man
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Details of a Sunset and Other Stories
Short story collections by Vladimir Nabokov
1976 short story collections