Details of a Sunset and Other Stories

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 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.

Details of a Sunset and Other Stories

First edition
Author	Vladimir Nabokov
Translator	Dmitri Nabokov, Vladimir Nabokov
Language	English
Publisher	McGraw-Hill
Publication date	1976
Pages	179
ISBN	0-07-045709-3
OCLC	1818528
Dewey Decimal	891.7/3/42
LC Class	PZ3.N121 Dg PG3476.N3

Stories included

• "Details of a Sunset"
• "A Bad Day"
• "Orache"
• "The Return of Chorb"
• "The Passenger"
• "A Letter that Never Reached Russia"
• "A Guide to Berlin"
• "The Doorbell"
• "The Thunderstorm"
• "The Reunion"
• "A Slice of Life"
• "Christmas"
• "A Busy Man"

Reception

Kirkus Reviews characterized some of the stories as "forgettable", but praised Christmas and A Busy Man as "singularly beautiful" and the best stories of the collection. Marina T. Naumann, writing for the Slavic Review, praised Christmas, The Return of Chorb, The Passenger, and The Doorbell as the best short stories of the collection.