Lastly I would like to quote the main theme of the book. You might not change your instrument but how well to play is entirely in your hands.” Or, this one – “Intellect does not easily break down, whereas love can effortlessly reduce itself to rubble. Like this one- “Your destiny is the level where you will play your tune. Every one of them makes the reader philosophically and spiritually enriched. There is a detailed description of the forty rules which Shams taught Rumi. This is a story of transformation through love and compassion. In parallel just like Rumi, Ella finds her true love in Aziz, a Scottish in origin who converts to Sufism after his wife’s untimely death. And Shams of Tabriz is his soul mate who kindles Rumi’s spirit to a higher level with his forty rules of love. This story is the unexpected transformation of Rumi from a preacher to a famous Sufi poet. So is Shams of Tabriz, a wandering dervish, who is the mentor and friend philosopher guide of Rumi. Rumi the famous thirteenth century poet is a historical character. This is a book inside a book and the story of Ella and Rumi runs in parallel. The book is about Sufism, about the Turkish poet Rumi.
In this book Ella travels through a spiritual journey and the starting point of that is a book written by a promising author Aziz. Ella after her fortieth birthday gets a job at a literary agency and this becomes the turning point of her life.Įlla is the main character of the book ” The forty rules of love” by Turkish writer Elif Shafak. But in an emotional level she has grown apart from her husband. Ella leads a comfortable life with her husband, David, who is a dentist. In modern day Massachusetts, Ella a stay at home mom of three has a very busy life.
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