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Free Library of Philadelphia - Elif Shafak - The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi

Tue, 03/02/2010 - 7:30pm

 

The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi

Elif Shafak

With more than 150,000 copies sold, Elif Shafak’s The Forty Rules of Love is already a no. 1 bestseller in Turkey. One of the most well-known authors of Turkish descent writing today, Shafak was charged with the crime of “insulting Turkishness” by the Turkish government for her previous novel The Bastard of Istanbul; the critically acclaimed author was ultimately pardoned. In The Forty Rules of Love, Shafak tells the story of a romance between a modern Jewish-American housewife and a male Sufi living in Amsterdam interwoven with a parallel narrative about the intense spiritual bond between the historical figures of Rumi and the Shams of Tabris.

Central Library
1901 Vine St
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

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By Elif Shafak
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9780670021451
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Viking Adult, 02/01/2010

Location: 
Free Library of Philadelphia
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103