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Elif Shafak

The Forty Rules of Love

The Forty Rules of Love

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The Forty Rules of Love is a novel that explores the concept of love and its transformative power. It is part of the Penguin Essentials series and was written by Elif Shafak, the author of the Booker-shortlisted novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 18 May 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd


The international bestseller from the author of the Booker-shortlisted novel, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World, The Forty Rules of Love is part of our Penguin Essentials series, which showcases the very best of our modern classics. 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. The past and present fit together beautifully in a passionate defence of passion itself. The Times. Colourfully woven and beguilingly intelligent. Daily Telegraph. *** ELIF SHAFAK'S NEW NOVEL, THERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY, IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW ***

Weight: 202g
Dimension: 111 x 181 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241996546

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