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[edit] Removed plot summary

I removed the plot summary because it was taken verbatim from the Booklist review; see the description at Amazon. A new, original plot intro/summary would be most welcome. --ShelfSkewed Talk 01:59, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Use of === in character list

Sorry about my use of === for the character list, I saw that in the character list for The Da Vinci Code so I assumed it was OK (it was a little different on the page). Anyways thanks for correcting it! andkore 02:58, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem. The stronger sectioning can be a good way to organize the characters when the descriptions become longer. I just thought it was a little too much for the brief descriptions that are there now. Happy editing!--ShelfSkewed Talk 03:12, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plot summary

I have added a plot summary. The WP community is free to edit it, adding excessive and trivial details as is the norm. Perhaps you would like to rewrite it so that it reads more like a high school book report? Shoehorn 06:19, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:A Thousand Splendid Suns.gif

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BetacommandBot 18:30, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mariam = Tajik?

Does the book ever say this? I never noticed it mentioned. If someone can show me a page where that is mentioned...then I would concede. I just read the book so everything is fresh in my mind. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.203.162.21 (talk) 16:09, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

I have edited the character descriptions to show that Mariam, Nana and Jalil are Tajiks. The book never speaks directly to their collective ethnicity. However, a statement by Mariam's half-sister does infer that they are all members of the Persian-speaking Tajik community in Herat:
           "...it would be preferable that you marry a local, a Tajik..." (p. 44 hardcover edition)
Mariam's family would seem to definitely NOT be Pashtun. It is mentioned throughout the book that she is unfamiliar with Pashto. It is a final annoyance to her Taliban prosecutors
           " that Mariam could not speak Pashto". (p. 324)
It also seems highly doubtful that she would be Hazara, as the book goes into some detail as to describing Hazaras and their plight without ever connecting them to Mariam. Furthermore, considering the persecution that the Shia Hazaras suffered at the hands of the Taliban, one would imagine that if Mariam was in fact a Hazara, the dealers of Taliban justice would have immediately executed her for heresy without much ado.
Ultimately, it seems like Mariam's family's ethnicity is obscured, and I wonder if this might have been intended. If others are displeased with listing Mariam and her parents as Tajiks, then I would suggest merely writing that they are Farsi-speaking and from Herat. But definitely not Pashtuns, and most likely not Hazaras.Konchevnik81 (talk) 03:29, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Alternate Title

In some versions of The Kite Runner there is a page that says that Khaled Hosseini's next novel (supposed to be released in 2006) is called Dreaming in Titanic City. Is this an alternate title for A Thousand Splendid Suns? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.172.172.2 (talk) 16:33, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mariam = Hazara ?

How is it possible if Mariam is Hazara and both of her parents are pashtuns ?

Boris Lee (talk) 00:38, 6 January 2008 (UTC)