what is the theme of and the mountains echoed
And the Mountains Echoed Hosseini stated his intentions to make the characters more complex and morally ambiguous. Continuing the familial theme established in his previous novels, The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, And the Mountains Echoed centers on the rapport between siblings. Besides Abdullah and Pari, Hosseini introduced two other sibling and sibling-like relationshipsâ€”the children's stepmother Parwana and her disabled sister Masooma and an Afghan-American doctor named Idris and his cousin Timur.
A Hazy Shade of Winter The lyrics recall the transition from fall to winter, as suggested by the repetition of the final chorus of the song: