The Forty Rules of Love

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*The International Bestseller From The Author Of The Booker-Shortlisted Novel, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds In This Strange World** One Of The Bbc'S '100 Novels That Shaped The World'* "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. . . '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 Timeselif Shafak'S Latest Novel The Island Of Missing Trees Is Available For Pre-Order Now

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Publisher

Penguin Books

Author

Elif Shafak

Language

English

ISBN

9780241972939