The Forty Rules of Love - Elif Shafak

The heroine of the novel, Ella, the unhappy wife, reached the age of forty 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 depth of love buried in each of us. So the life of Ella is turned upside down. Number of pages: 471 Publisher: Dar Al-Adab Author: Elif Shafak