A Book and a Chat with Farrokh Nazerian

Farrokh Nazerian was born in Iran, lived in England and currently resides in Santa Barbara, he has been a journalist, editor, poet, entrepreneur, art collector, developer, and above all, he has been a lifelong student of “knowledge. Now he has also been a guest on “A Book and a Chat”.

His novel “The Last Person Who Saw Farrokh” is in fact a four act play which is well served to show Nazerian’s own passionate exploration of the great questions that haunt Man in his endless search for identity and answers to the big questions of life.

He describes his play’s essence as “Man’s search for salvation and his struggle to find a meaning and purpose for his life. It was also an attempt to `see’ Farrokh, myself.”

“The Last Person Who Saw Farrokh” addresses the concept of the Abarmard. To change the world we don’t understand and we are trapped in, “one has to change oneself and recreate oneself as a New Man, a Superior Man, the one that the ancient Persian Prophet Zarathustra teaches us to become, the Abarmard,” Nazerian says. Farrokh declares that everyone “regardless of our race, our gener, our physical or economic condition” can become Abarmard, who is the “Man of Knowledge.”

Nazerian explains that transformation of Man from the “Ape of Reason” to the “Superman of Will” is existential. Abarmard dows not become superior to other men, but only to “himself,” a New Man who will be capable to make direct connection with Life and to “see” the landscape of infinity.

Farrokh tries to explain that concept:

Farrokh: Abarmard is the future of man. He is what man is meant to become … To become Abarmard or a Superior Man is not a luxury; it is a necessity … The only way to achieve equality and to gain our freedom and salvation is to actualize our potential!

As one reviewer put it…

“The Last Person Who Saw Farrokh” invites one to review the play of one's own life. All of us are looking for Farrokh, and will ultimately be frustrated in that search. The secret may be to become him. Wonderful!

So listen now and share an interesting, and entertaining show as I chat with my special guest today on A Book and a Chat with Farrokh Nazerian

Barry

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A Book and a Chat with Daren Krupa

My guest today‘s "A Book and a Chat" is Daren Krupa, at the age of fifteen he was given an assignment by his English teacher, who obviously knew the potential laying within the none creative writing Daren, to write a “meaning of life” essay. As Daren said during the show, “how could a boy of fifteen have any idea about the true meaning of life?”

This did not stop Daren from going into the realms of literature as he worked as a newspaper reporter, photographer and editor.

Seventeen years ago he wrote his first and as yet unpublished novel entitled “Squaw Peak”, typing it out on an old manual typewriter, cutting and pasting until he had a completed draft.

Seventeen years later, his second and first published novel “Such a Nice Boy” was much easier to produce though as Daren shared it did take him ten years and numerous re-writes and edits.

"Such a Nice Boy" is about a man who leads a gay life because he’s afraid of his feelings for women. It’s a lifelong conversation Daren has been having with himself about sexuality. He wanted to write a contemporary gay-straight romance since my early Twenties, when he was dating women and made himself admit he liked looking at guys. The writing of the book has not only helped Daren come to terms with his life but also been somewhat of a healing process.

About “Such a Nice Boy”:

It’s the summer of 1999 in Denver. Alan Hovey is living the life he dreamed: sex with handsome, buffed, eager men. Except he isn’t gay. Made no difference until he crossed paths with female co-worker Lindsey Ronan and her infant son Morgan. He starts getting notions about Lindsey, and being a heterosexual father whenever he’s holding Morgan.

Lindsey is married and afraid of Alan because of a traumatizing incident during college.

At work Alan has become a pariah for having boldly stood up for himself. He draws the attention of Frank Lively, VP of HR, homophobic and deeply closeted. Frank tries to harass Alan into quitting.

After Lindsey verbally demolishes him while shopping for making eyes at another, Alan meets a young man who says you’re with me because you’re mad at Lindsey.
Alan becomes more confused after accidently seeing Lindsey at work with her blouse off, and displays a very obvious reaction.

The path Alan follows and the choices he makes form the heart of a boy who at age forty two becomes a man. He crawls out of a family upbringing filled with death and chooses life. His coming of age is unique and compelling.

Daren shared with us, how he is already working on his next book, which I’m sure will take a lot less than ten years to write and will provide further proof that the English teacher knew inside Daren there was a budding author waiting to share his talent with the world

So listen to an interesting and hugely entertaining show as I spend thirty minutes sharing "A Book and a Chat with Daren Krupa".

Barry

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