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A modern woman reads a novel about the poet Rumi and the wandering dervish Shams of Tabriz
2009Steady paceHopeful
What it is about
Ella Rubenstein is a bored housewife in Massachusetts who starts working as a reader for a literary agent. She reads a novel about the thirteenth-century friendship between the poet Rumi and the wandering dervish Shams of Tabriz. The two stories, seven centuries apart, mirror each other.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like spiritual fiction.
What you will get
A bestselling novel in Turkey and beyond.
The Forty Rules of Love Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Literary Fiction · Sufism · Love · Two timelines
Length
354 pages · ≈ 10 h
More about this book
Characters
Ella Rubenstein, Rumi, Shams of Tabriz and the author of the novel.
Setting
Massachusetts today and thirteenth-century Anatolia.
What makes it different
A dual-timeline story that blends mysticism and romance.
Feel
Lyrical, spiritual and warm.
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