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"That in Aleppo Once..."

Vladimir Nabokov

First published 1967
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

While attempting to travel in the chaos of wartime Europe, the narrator repeatedly loses track of his wife and re-encounters her. He isn't sure what to believe about her, the stories she tells don't make sense, and in the end he doubts she ever existed.

First published in the Atlantic Monthly, November 1943.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1967 Cover Great Psychological Stories Panther Anthology 74
1968 The Modern Tradition: An Anthology of Short Stories Little, Brown Anthology |4
1972 The Modern Tradition: An Anthology of Short Stories Little, Brown Anthology |4
November 2000 Cover The Vintage Book of Amnesia Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology 355