Characters

• Dr. Schneider
  • Oncologist rejected by Baba for Russian background
• Dr. Amani
  • Baba’s Iranian Oncologist
• Khanum Taheri
  • Matriarch of Taheri family

Locations

• Flea market

Dates

• 1985
  • May: Amir first talks to Soraya
  • Baba’s cancer

Themes/Motifs

• Tradition/ceremony

Plot

• Soraya becomes Amir’s yelda
• Baba warns about respecting pashtun tradition in courting Soraya
• Amir engages Soraya anyway
• Khanum is excited about Amir’s affections
• Soraya wants to be a teacher
• General Taheri rebuffs Amir
• Baba diagnosed with cancer, Oat Cell Carcinoma
• Baba collapses at the flea market
• Afghans assemble at hospital
• Amir decides to wed Soraya
• Baba and the general discuss and agree
• Soraya confesses her secret past

Other Notes

• Yelda, the longest night of the year