Characters

• Ali
  • Died due to land mine
• Farzana
  • Hassan’s wife
• Sanaubar
  • Returns to Kabul to find Hassan
  • Rejoins the family
• Sohrab
  • Hassan’s son
  • Named for hero from Shahnamah

Locations

• Bamiyan
  • Hassan’s Hazari village

Dates

• 1986
  • Rahim goes to Hazarajat to find Hassan
• 1990
  • Hassan’s son Sohrab born
• ~1994
  • Sanaubar dies
• 1996
  • Taliban arrives in Kabul
• 1998
  • Hazars massacred in Mazar-i-Sharif

Plot

• Rahim goes to find Hassan
  • Loneliness
  • Needs help with the house
• Hassan is married, does not want to leave until he hears Baba has died
• Hassan and Soraya help Rahim rebuild the house
• Farzana gives birth to stillborn
• Sanaubar returns