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The Sufi Surfer
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Psychology of the Hero Soul
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Brave Fortune
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THE SUFI SURFER: A COMEDIC SATIRE & SPIRITUAL ODYSSEY MEETS POP CULTURE. 🏄♂️✨
🎨 If you are tired of predictable fiction and want a book that delivers savage laughs alongside genuine philosophical depth, add The Sufi Surfer to your reading list today. Think of it as the ultimate narrative crossroads:
🦁 The Life of Pi meets The Master and Margarita
Where the mystical, tragicomic spiritual odyssey of The Life of Pi meets the anarchic, satirical absurdism of The Master and Margar Read more of this blog post »
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"Still reading. In between books. Already highlighted a few sentences. Will make official review once I get through all my books."
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" You can have your Richard Farinas, Brautigans, Ken Keseys, your Keroucs or Ginsbergs, I'll take mine as a Tom Robbins. If I were to pick a Shaman, a literary Guru guy--- he's my man. - While those guys were sticking daisies on school buses drinking "
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"Booker Longlist #5
4.5, rounded up. This was just up my alley - bonkers, funny, but with an underlying sadness, and some insightful, but not heavy-handed, things to say about how we live now. What kept it from being a full 5 stars were some meandering " Read more of this review » |
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is starting The Sufi Surfer: Epigraph: “Maybe we’re not drowning. Maybe we’re surfing.” - Karl Schroeder, Futurist
This theme runs through the entire book from its startling start to its spectacular finale. The message: Embrace the absurdity of life & take a bold leap of faith. Trust that even in our darkest hour, the tempest brings forth the barrel - life’s ultimate call to adventure - challenging us to paddle out to sea & meet our destiny.
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"Be silent and listen: have you recognized your madness and do you admit it? Have you noticed that all your foundations are completely mired in madnes
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“Heroes are rebels with a cause. Rebels because they challenge the traditional ways of thinking and refuse to follow the herd. They have a cause, a vision, that’s larger than life.”
― Psychology of the Hero Soul
― Psychology of the Hero Soul
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🚨 FOR READERS WHO LOVE DEEP SATIRE AND SPIRITUAL ODYSSEYS: If you've ever wondered what happens when The Life of Pi meets The Master and Margarita, you'll discover it inside the pages of The Sufi Surfer! The Mystical Quest: Like Pi, Amer Fateh is a wounded, eccentric soul whose spiritual hunger drives him through impossible circumstances toward transcendence.
The Savage Satire: Like Bulgakov's chaotic Moscow, the In-sight Institute is a world of charlatans and true believers colliding in darkly comic chaos.
What sets The Sufi Surfer apart is its warm, irreverent heart: Amer's toad-venom flatulence and whirling dervish sales pitches are as theologically serious as they are riotously funny, grounding the mystical in the gloriously, stubbornly human.
👉 Add it to your TBR pile or grab your copy on Amazon.
🚨 CELEBRATION CHAT: The Sufi Surfer officially hit #1 NEW RELEASE in Literary Satire Fiction on Amazon! 🏄♂️✨To celebrate the launch of The Sufi Surfer, I’ve officially opened my author profile for an interactive "Ask the Author" Q&A! Go ahead, ask me anything!
Drop your burning questions about my indie author journey or creative writing process or core themes in the book or about my holy fool Amer Fateh character's chaotic adventures.
Type your questions directly into the "Ask the Author" box right on this profile page and let's ride the wave together!
Majenta wrote: "Hello, Sharif! Thank you for contacting me! I hope you are keeping well and safe and having a good week. Congratulations on your books! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings, peace..."Thanks so much, Majenta. Peace and blessings.
Hello, Sharif! Thank you for contacting me! I hope you are keeping well and safe and having a good week. Congratulations on your books! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings, peace, hope, and strength.Best wishes from Majenta