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The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi, by Elif Shafak

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"A captivating and wise book . . . The tale of the fated meeting, spiritual companionship, and tragic parting of [Rumi and Shams of Tabriz] is beautifully recounted in The Forty Rules of Love. . . . Shafak draws on facts from Rumi's and Sham's biographies and brings them to life with deft storytelling."--Associated Press"A gorgeous, jeweled, luxurious  book . . . The past and the present fit together beautifully in a passionate defense of passion itself." --The Times (London)"In this appealing fable, Turkish author Elif Shafak toggles between characters from different times: a modern American housewife and a thirteenth-century poet. . . . The universal theme is struggle between the rational mind and the aching heart. Shafak's heroine yields to the latter and never looks back."--More magazine  

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About the Author

Eli Shafak is an award-winning, bestselling novelist; a champion of women's rights and freedom of expression; and the most widely read female novelist in Turkey. Her books have been translated into more than forty languages. Her novels include The Flea Palace, The Saint of Incipient Insanities, The Bastard of Istanbul, The Forty Rules of Love, and The Architect's Apprentice. An active political commentator, columnist, and public speaker, she lives in London and Istanbul with her family.

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Product details

Paperback: 368 pages

Publisher: Penguin Books; Reprint edition (April 26, 2011)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0143118528

ISBN-13: 978-0143118527

Product Dimensions:

5.5 x 0.8 x 8.4 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.5 out of 5 stars

519 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#11,197 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

My heart soared while reading this book, and I was uplifted by the Sufi wisdom contained throughout it. The 40 rules of love, conveyed through the character of Shams, were so beautiful that I wanted to copy out each of them and save them for future reference.Both of the parallel stories in this book were fascinating: the modern American woman grappling with a loveless marriage, and the spiritual bromance between Rumi and Shams in Turkey in the 1200's. I loved how the author braided them together.Just as Hesse's "Siddhartha" is a mystical introduction to Buddhism, so is this novel a view into Sufi mysticism. And just as I felt emotionally transported by Hesse's masterpiece, so did I during The Forty Rules of Love. This is a rare accomplishment. I am very grateful to Elif Shafak for this gorgeous tale, so elegantly and masterfully told. It made me want to do further research into Rumi's poetry and Sufi thought in general.

The universe conspired to arrange eating dinner in Istanbul with a Turkish friend I had not seen in many years. When we first met, at a small village in Hungary, she read me a poem by Rumi. We talked for hours more during a long walk through the crowded streets and while drinking coffee on a rooftop, she told me that I must read this book. The next day I saw it, by chance, when walking past a dusty airport shop - of course.I would like to tell Ms.Shafak what I liked about the book (in addition to an excellent story, useful quotes, an educational experience, and a few tears): I could hear each character telling their story in Their particular voice, allowing me to appreciate their point of view, without judgement. Which is a lesson from the book, and in human relationships.“It’s easy to love a perfect God, unblemished and infallible that He is. What is far more difficult is to love fellow human beings with all their imperfections and defects.” ― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

I guess i didn't get it. I wasn't particularly enamored of any of the characters, particularly Ella, who seemed flat and self-absorbed. I kept reading in hopes of finding out how this all tied together, but ultimately, i found it tedious to read.

This book is in essence a cheap romance novel disguised as a “novel” with a bit of mysticism thrown in.There are two stories of relationships, one that takes place in the present between Ella and Aziz, and one that takes places in the past between Shams and Rumi.Ignoring the modern part of the story which ultimately feels contrived, rushed, and forced into the book, the parts that take place in Konya (the past) are intriguing through the first half of the book but then the author gets sloppy, and Shams, who I found inspiring, loses all credibility as to the fault of the author, whom likely lost track of the numerous rules and lessons of love that Shams preaches. Throughout the last half of the book Shams’ character is breaking many of the rules the author places earlier in the book and the whole “40 Rules of Love” becomes a severely disjointed and amateur effort.It seems much like Ella’s part-time occupation, someone at the publishing house should have reviewed this book and pointed out the many inconsistencies within its pages. However, the lessons and inconsistencies are so various that it would have been very difficult to save this novel.

My husband and I read this book aloud together and we loved it. The book begins with an unhappily married Jewish housewife and mother named Ella who lives in 2008 Northampton, Massachusetts. She works for a literary agency is is assigned a book named “Sweet Blasphemy” by Aziz Zahara which is about the wondering dervish, Shams, who comes to be the close companion of Rumi the famous Persian poet. Shafak’s novel goes back and forth between the two narratives of Shams and Ella. Shams dispenses his forty rules one by one as he journeys through his 13th century world from Baghdad to Konya and Ella communicates with Aziz to expand her own journey. A delightful book!

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