{"product_id":"the-forty-rules-of-love-a-novel-of-rumi-paperback","title":"The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElif Shafak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this lyrical, exuberant tale, acclaimed Turkish author Elif Shafak, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Island of Missing Trees \u003c\/i\u003e(a Reese's Book Club Pick), incarnates Rumi's timeless message of love\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElla Rubenstein is forty years old and unhappily married when she takes a job as a reader for a literary agent. Her first assignment is to read and report on \u003ci\u003eSweet Blasphemy\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel written by a man named Aziz Zahara. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElla is mesmerized by Zahara's tale of Shams of Tabriz's search for Rumi and the dervish's role in transforming the successful but unhappy cleric into a committed mystic, passionate poet, and advocate of love. She is also taken with Shams's lessons, or rules, that offer insight into an ancient philosophy based on the unity of all people and religions, and the presence of love in each and every one of us. As she reads on, she realizes that Rumi's story mir­rors her own and that Zahara--like Shams--has come to set her free. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Forty Rules of Love\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds two tantalizing parallel narratives--one contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth century, when Rumi encountered his spiritual mentor, Shams, the whirling dervish--that together explore the enduring power of Rumi's work.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eELIF SHAFAK\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning British-Turkish author of a dozen novels, including \u003ci\u003eThere Are Rivers in the Sky, The Island of Missing Trees\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award, and\u003ci\u003e 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Her work has been translated into fifty-six languages. She holds a PhD in political science and has taught at universities in Turkey, the U.S. and the UK. She lives in London and is an honorary fellow at Oxford University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45686500229317,"sku":"9780143118527","price":26.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/q65jRi8Xqn9780143118527.webp?v=1781201936","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-forty-rules-of-love-a-novel-of-rumi-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}