{"product_id":"elif-shafak-the-forty-rules-of-love-2011-paperback","title":"Elif Shafak: The Forty Rules of Love [2011] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eElif Shafak's compelling novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Forty Rules of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, follows Ella Rubinstein on a journey of self-discovery as she examines her life and the concept of love through Sufi mysticism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the forty rules of love...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElla 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a quest infused with Sufi mysticism and verse, taking Ella and us into an exotic world where faith and love are heartbreakingly explored. . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Enlightening, enthralling. An affecting paean to faith and love' \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Colourfully woven and beguilingly intelligent' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The past and present fit together beautifully in a passionate defence of passion itself' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElif Shafak has emerged as one of the most distinctive voices in both English and Turkish contemporary literature; her novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Bastard of Istanbul\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Flea Palace\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Gaze\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHonour\u003c\/i\u003e, are consistently at the top of bestseller lists across the globe. Elif Shafak's examination of national identity, \u003ci\u003eThe Happiness of Blond People\u003c\/i\u003e is available as part of the Penguin Specials series - a digital only series of shorts designed with commuters in mind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shafak, Elif","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49965647069523,"sku":"9780141047188","price":12.84,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/shafak-elif-elif-shafak-the-forty-rules-of-love-2011-paperback-9780141047188-60467511329107.jpg?v=1734582908","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/elif-shafak-the-forty-rules-of-love-2011-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}