An interview with Emad Ebadi

A Loud-Laughing Neighbor

June 20, 2022 - 18:22

"A Loud-Laughing Neighbor" by Emad Ebadi is a collection of short stories in which the author deals with various social relations and seeks to understand what people normally pay attention to.

* What inspired the stories in the book, and what is the overarching theme?

The stories' ideas came from a variety of sources, including my own mind, the environment, and a combination of both. Since I am interested in social topics, the themes are also more social, and as they are written in the form of stories, the majority of them are created by the imagination, however, there are actual instances of them all.

* Where did the book's meticulous attention to detail come from?

The ability to examine things in great detail, as if under a microscope, is an important part of storytelling, and one of the features of storytelling is the ability to analyze things in great detail. Also, to draw attention to an issue, the author may employ the art of dialogue to build a discussion. The same is true in real life. We cannot show the significance and value of an issue or event unless we talk about it.

* Who is the book's intended audience, and is the book written in such a way that the general public can understand it?

Yes, however, the general public has abandoned reading.

* Some of the stories were devoted to specific individuals. Was there a connection between the people picked and the story and characters?

It was sometimes because of the closeness of individuals, such as parents and spouses, and other times because the subject was discussed somewhere and the story's idea began there, so the author owes himself to the founder who came up with the idea and devoted the story to that person.

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