The Forty Rules of Love

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A magical, cross-century tale of self-discovery 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, she is shocked out of herself. Turning her back on her family 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...

Elif Shafak is the acclaimed author of nine novels including The Bastard of Istanbul and Honour, and is the most widely read female writer in Turkey. Her work has been translated into over forty languages and she regularly contributes to publications including The New York Times, Guardian and Time magazine. Elif has been longlisted for the Orange Prize, the Baileys Prize and the IMPAC Dublin Award, and shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. She lives in London and can be found at www.elifshafak.com.

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 * A gorgeous, jeweled, luxurious book * 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 * 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 *