Book Description | The heroine of the novel, Ella, the unhappy wife, reached the age of forty when she read a novel dealing with the life of Jalal al-Din al-Rumi and the dervish teacher al-Sush in Shams al-Tabriz. She was fascinated by Shams’ rules that illuminate the concepts of ancient philosophy and unity about peoples and religions, about the passion for poetry and about the depth of love buried in each of us. Ella's life is turned upside down. |
The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel by Jalaluddin Rumi