The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak 2015 Paperback 9780241972939 NEW

by Elif Shafak.About the book:
*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 .Reviews:
A gorgeous, jeweled, luxurious book - The TimesShafak will challenge Paulo Coelho's dominance. With its timely, thought-provoking message . . . The Forty Rules of Love deserves to be a global publishing phenomenon - IndependentEnlightening, enthralling. An affecting paean to faith and love - MetroColourfully woven and beguilingly intelligent - Daily TelegraphThe past and present fit together beautifully in a passionate defence of passion itself - The Times ..Genre: Historical Fiction, Contemporary Fiction..ISBN 13: 9780241972939..Language: English..Published by: Penguin..Format: Paperback..Year: 2015..Number of pages: 368..Weight: 255..Country of Origin: 0..