The Kite Runner
When asked about common themes in "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns", Hosseini replied:"Both novels are multigenerational, and so the relationship between parent and child, with all of its manifest complexities and contradictions, is a prominent theme. I did not intend this, but I am keenly interested, it appears, in the way parents and children love, disappoint, and in the end honor each other. In one way, the two novels are corollaries: "The Kite Runner" was a father-son story, and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" can be seen as a mother-daughter story."