In this lyrical, exuberant followup to her novel, the bastard of istanbul, acclaimed turkish author elif shafak unfolds two tantalizing parallel narrativesone contemporary and the. Having literally just finished reading the forty rules of love by elif shafak, my mind is racing to capture all the thoughts whizzing around in my head. Ella is mesmerized by his tale of shamss search for rumi and the dervishs role in transforming the successful but unhappy. The forty rules of love book surrey libraries bibliocommons. Nov 05, 2014 provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises sweet blasphemy black veil brides we stitch these wounds. What is a good analysis of the book the forty rules of love. In this lyrical, imaginative novel, author elif shafak unfolds two parallel narrativesone contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth century, when the sufi poet and mystic rumi encountered his spiritual mentor, the infamous wandering dervish known as shams of tabriz. Ella rubenstein is forty years old and unhappily married when she takes a job as a reader for a literary agent. The author is an unknown firsttime novelist, aziz zahara, who lives in turkey. Meanwhile, azizs novel, sweet blasphemy, is occasionally interesting but mostly dull, weighed down by rufis and shamss theological. As ella struggles with growing dissatisfaction with her home life, zaharas novel opens up a new world where love takes centre stage in the search for the truth and oneness with god. Ella had recently joined a book publishing agent, after years of being a housewife. The forty rules of love pioneer library system overdrive.
Feb 18, 2010 her first assignment is to read and report on sweet blasphemy, a novel written by a man named aziz zahara. Cairo staging of the forty rules of love gets to the heart of the script and audience. The first manuscript she receives, titled sweet blasphemy, is by one aziz zahara, who describes himself as a photographer and traveller, and it is from his manuscript that the tale of rumi and his spiritual consort. The forty rules of love a novel of rumi book club kit.
This is until she is asked to read sweet blasphemy by aziz z. Zahara s novel, which is told in many different voices, tells of shamss search for rumi and the dervishs role in transforming the successful but unhappy. Ella is mesmerized by his tale of shamss search for rumi and the dervishs role in transforming the successful but unhappy cleric into a committed mystic, passionate poet, and advocate of love. Her first assignment is a novel intriguingly titled sweet blasphemy, about the. She is 40 years old housewife, unhappy with her unfaithful husband. That is how the book is called the forty rules of love because they. She works for a literary agency is is assigned a book named sweet blasphemy by aziz zahara which is about the wondering dervish, shams, who comes to be the close companion of rumi the famous persian poet. The forty rules of love by elif shafak, paperback barnes.
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Ella has forgotten the meaning of love, and in her much. She comes across the novel, sweet blasphemy, a work of aziz zahara, where he talks about the love and spiritual emancipation brought about in rumis life through his encounter with the shams of tabriz. When she is given a book named sweet blasphemy written by aziz zahara, the second narrative of novelwithinthenovel begins, unfolding the story of the meeting and mystical union of shams of tabriz with rumi, in the th century. Meanwhile, azizs novel, sweet blasphemy, is occasionally interesting but. Ella starts working for a literary agency and there she has been tasked with appraising the novel sweet blasphemy by aziz zahara that narrates the inspirational relationship of great sufi poet rumi and. Ella is mesmerized by his tale of shams search for rumi and the dervishs role in transforming the successful but unhappy cleric into a committed mystic, passionate poet, and advocate of love. Love and empathy elif shafaks novel is full of lyrical beauty by farahnaz. This is what, indirectly, the writer of sweet blaspehmy, aziz zahara. The forty rules of love by elif shafak reading guide. Ella rubenstein, a forty years old housewife, unhappily married, gets employed as a reader fir a literary agent and her first assignment is to read the novel sweet blasphemy by aziz zahara, and as such the book itself becomes a story within the story.
After hearing about the book from anyone and everyone, i finally decided to read it. Ella rubenstein is a housewife, who lives a seemingly pleasant life in northampton. Ella is mesmerized by his tale of shams search for rumi and the dervishs role in transforming the successful but unhappy cleric into a committed mystic, passionate poet. Ella has forgotten the meaning of love, and in her much happening life her purpose in marriage has faded away. Jul 18, 2019 she is forty years old and works for a literary agency. As the plot unfolds, ella goes finds herself mesmerized with the tale she is currently reading and decides to take lessons from the philosophy of the forty rules of love, laid down by the shams of tabriz. American housewife ella rubinstein is forty years old and unhappily married when she takes a job as a reader for a literary agent.
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