The forty rules of love /
By: Shafak, Elif
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BookPublisher: Penguin Books : London, c2010.Description: 354 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780141047188Subject(s): Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273 -- Influence -- Fiction | Literary agents -- Fiction | Middle-aged women -- Fiction
Summary:
Ella Rubenstein is forty years old and unhappily married when she takes a job as a reader for a literary agent and suddenly her life is transformed. Her first assignment is to read a novel about the ancient Sufi mystic, Rumi, who was transformed by the whirling dervish into a passionate poet and advocate of love. Slowly she realizes that his thirteenth-century life is starting to mirror her own, and in doing so it opens up exciting opportunities for her to embrace the dervish's timeless message for herself.This is a mesmerizing novel about finding love and inspiration in the most unlikely of places.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 894.3533 SH FO (Browse shelf) | Available | T0042100 |
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Includes bibliographical references.
Translated from the Turkish.
Ella Rubenstein is forty years old and unhappily married when she takes a job as a reader for a literary agent and suddenly her life is transformed. Her first assignment is to read a novel about the ancient Sufi mystic, Rumi, who was transformed by the whirling dervish into a passionate poet and advocate of love. Slowly she realizes that his thirteenth-century life is starting to mirror her own, and in doing so it opens up exciting opportunities for her to embrace the dervish's timeless message for herself.This is a mesmerizing novel about finding love and inspiration in the most unlikely of places.