It is always a great pleasure and honor to read something written by a very special writer. Elif Shafak is one of those writers that I love for their strength in taking the reader on different levels of understanding. Every time when I am reading something by her, I know that at the end of the story I will be a different person, a better one.
The Forty Rules of Love is one of her most read books and it is re-published in a better graphic version outlining the power of books, their inspiration and transformative role.
It is a story of intertwined 1 person account, bridging centuries and different cultural realms. On one hand, we have Ella, a Jewish mother of three, working in publishing, and generally unhappy with her current life. As she is assigned a manuscript telling the story of Rumi and Shams of Tabriz.
The love described in The Forty Rules of Love is not your everyday life story, is the longing for achievement, for spirituality and deep connection. It is about a deep human longing that is going beyond cultures and ages. Before reading the manuscript, Ella did not have any connection with Shams and Rumi, sp far away from the expectations of a middle class American, but reading it she acknowledged a different world. Nothing may remain alien as long as we explore our humanity.
Rating: 4 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
Thanks for the blog tour support x
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