A relación entre pais e fillos é un tema prominente na novela, e nunha entrevista, Hosseini declarou: "Ámbolos dous son multixeracionais, polo que a relación entre pai e fillo, con tódalas súas complexidades e contradicións, é o tema prominente.
The relationship between parents and their children features prominently in the novel, and in an interview, Hosseini elaborated: Both are multigenerational, and so the relationship between parent and child, with all of its manifest complexities and contradictions, is a prominent theme.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix