- ASIN : 0241972930
- Publisher : Penguin; Latest Edition (2 April 2015)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 368 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780241972939
- ISBN-13 : 978-0241972939
- Item Weight : 255 g
- Dimensions : 12.9 x 2.2 x 19.8 cm
- Country of Origin : United Kingdom
* One of the BBCs 100 Novels that Shaped the World*
"Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we havent loved enough..."
Ella 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 Ellas life - an emptiness once filled by love.
So 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.
It is a quest infused with Sufi mysticism and verse, taking Ella and us into an exotic world where faith and love are heartbreakingly explored. . .
Enlightening, enthralling. An affecting paean to faith and love Metro
Colourfully woven and beguilingly intelligent Daily Telegraph
The past and present fit together beautifully in a passionate defence of passion itself The Times
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