A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS: BOOK REVIEW / PLOT SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER 41: Mariam

Summary

In the summer of 2000, the drought reaches its third and worst year. People in the country who have lost their pastures and herds migrate into the city and place an even larger burden on supplies there. It is also the summer when the movie Titanic comes out. The children forever want to play Jack and RoseBut the fever over this movie also grips Kabul. Peopl smuggle copies of the film from Pakistan and after curfew, everyone sits in the darket and watches the tape. Mariam and Laila unearth the TV from the hole at least a dozen times. Vendors in the city hawk everything Titanic from carpets to cloth to deodorant, to toothpaste and even Titanic burqas. They set up their wares in makeshift shops on the bed of the Kabul River and Titanic City is born. Laila philosophizes that it’s all about the character of Jack. “Everybody wants Jack to rescue them from disaster. But there is no Jack, Jack is not coming. Jack is dead.”

Then, a real disaster strikes when a fabric merchant falls asleep and forgets to put out his cigarette. He survives the..........

Notes

It is unbelievable how hunger can completely consume the lives of people who are poor. It is also unbelievable just how selfish Rasheed is when it comes to himself and.........

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