The Forty Rules of Love

The Forty Rules of Love The heroine of the novel, Ella, the unhappy wife, reached forty years old when she read a novel about the life of Jalal al-Din Rumi and his teacher, the Sufi dervish Shams al-Tabrizi. She was enchanted by Shams' rules that illuminate old philosophical concepts about the unity of peoples and religions, about the passion for poetry, and about the deep love buried within each of us. Thus, her life is turned upside down.