Suffused with the exotic passion of Sufi mysticism and couched in lyrical prose, Shafak’s paean to rediscovering love and identity is an exquisitely judged testament to faith and belief.
Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven't loved enough...
Ella Rubinstein has a husband, three teenage children, and a pleasant home. Everything that should make her confident and fulfilled. Yet there is an emptiness at the heart of Ella's life - an emptiness once filled by love.
So when Ella reads a manuscript about the thirteenth-century Sufi poet Rumi and Shams of Tabriz, and his forty rules of life and love, her world is turned upside down. She embarks on a journey to meet the mysterious author of this work.
It is a quest infused with Sufi mysticism and verse, taking Ella and us into an exotic world where faith and love are heartbreakingly explored. . .
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241972939
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 257 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 25 mm
A gorgeous, jeweled, luxurious book - The Times
With its timely, thought-provoking message . . . The Forty Rules of Love deserves to be a global publishing phenomenon - Independent
Enlightening, enthralling. An affecting paean to faith and love - Metro
Colourfully woven and beguilingly intelligent - Daily Telegraph
The past and present fit together beautifully in a passionate defence of passion itself - The Times
Shafak will challenge Paulo Coelho's dominance. With its timely, thought-provoking message . . . The Forty Rules of Love deserves to be a global publishing phenomenon - Independent
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