Elif Shafak: Forty Rules of Love (2011, Viking)
paperback, 288 pages
Published Sept. 8, 2011 by Viking.
Incredibly beautiful, insightful and overall enjoyable book. If you are captivated by Rumi, read. If you are not, you're in for a treat to understand Sufism and the making of one of most famous spiritual poets.
Schönes Buch über Rumi und seinen Freund Shams von Tabriz. Ich finde es nur schade, dass die Beziehung nie als eine erotische dargestellt wird, sondern nur rein spirituell.
Abandoned ~p.100. The main protagonist is flat, dreary, and unlikely to get interesting. The alternate-chapter Whirling Dervish stuff is treacly and religiony. Absent a recommendation from a trusted source, this goes in the slush pile. For any friends who trust my tastes: not recommended.
