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Name: The Forty Rules of Love
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Author: Elif Şafak

Elif Şafak’s *The Forty Rules of Love* weaves two parallel narratives. In a modern setting, forty‑year‑old Ella Rubenstein, a literary agent’s reader, becomes captivated by a manuscript about Rumi’s encounter with the wandering dervish Shams of Tabriz. As Ella follows Shams’s teachings—forty guiding principles of love and unity—she finds her own life reflected in the ancient tale. The novel contrasts Ella’s unhappy marriage and material existence with the spiritual awakening of a 13th‑century Sufi scholar, exploring how love transcends time, culture, and belief.

First publish date: 2010

Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction

Authors: Elif Şafak

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