The Forty Rules of Love

In The Forty Rules of Love, Ella Rubenstein is forty and unhappily married when she starts a job as a reader for a literary agent. Her first assignment is to read and report on Sweet Blasphemy, a novel by Aziz Zahara. Ella is captivated by the story of Shams's search for Rumi and how the dervish transforms the cleric into a passionate poet and advocate of love. As she delves deeper into Shams's lessons on the unity of all people and the presence of love in everyone, Ella realizes that Rumi's story mirrors her own, and Zahara—like Shams—has come to set her free.

In this lyrical follow-up to The Bastard of Istanbul, acclaimed Turkish author Elif Shafak presents two parallel narratives—one contemporary and one set in the thirteenth century, when Rumi encountered his spiritual mentor, Shams of Tabriz. Together, they embody the poet's timeless message of love.

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Author: Elif Shafak

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