<P> 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 relationships -- the children 's stepmother Parwana and her disabled sister Masooma and an Afghan - American doctor named Idris and his cousin Timur . </P>
<P> 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 relationships -- the children 's stepmother Parwana and her disabled sister Masooma and an Afghan - American doctor named Idris and his cousin Timur . </P>
what is the theme of and the mountains echoed
what is the theme of and the mountains echoed
the rapport between siblings
the rapport between siblings