The Forty Rules of Love

The Forty Rules of Love--------------------------------------------------"Elif Shafak's compelling novel, "The Forty Rules of Love", follows"Ella Rubinstein on a journey of self-discovery as she examines herlife and the concept of love through Sufi mysticism. Discover the fortyrules of love...Ella Rubinstein has a husband, three teenage children,and a pleasant home. Everything that should make her confident andfulfilled. Yet there is an emptiness at the heart of Ella's life -an emptiness once filled by love. So when Ella reads a manuscript aboutthe thirteenth-century Sufi poet Rumi and Shams of Tabriz, and hisforty rules of life and love, her world is turned upside down. Sheembarks on a journey to meet the mysterious author of this work. Itis a quest infused with Sufi mysticism and verse, taking Ella and us" into an exotic world where faith and love are heartbreakingly explored..."Enl" enthralling. An affecting paean to faith and love". ("Metro"). "Colourfull" woven and beguilingly intelligent". ("Daily Telegraph"). "The past"and present fit together beautifully in a passionate defence of passion" itself". ("The Times"). Elif Shafak has emerged as one of the most" distinctive voices in both English and Turkish contemporary literature" her novels, "The Bastard of Istanbul", "The Flea Palace", "The Gaze"" and "Honour", are consistently at the top of bestseller lists across" the globe. Elif Shafak's examination of national identity, "The Happiness" of Blond People" is available as part of the "Penguin Specials" series"- a digital only series of shorts designed with commuters in mind.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Elif Shafak was born in Strasbourg, France, in 1971.She is an award-winning novelist and the most widely read female writerin Turkey. Critics have acclaimed her as one of the most distinctivevoices in contemporary literature in both Turkish and English. Hernovels include The Bastard of Istanbul which was longlisted for theOrange Prize for Fiction. Her books have been translated into morethan thirty languages. She is married with two children, and dividesthan thirty languages. She is married with two children, and dividesher time between London and Istanbul. Her website is www.elifshafak.com.