The Forty Rules of Love: Special Hardcover Edition Hardcover

Elif Shafak's novel braids a present-day story with the meeting of Rumi and the wandering dervish Shams of Tabriz. The book moves between two timelines, using the thirteenth-century friendship that changed Rumi's poetry to throw light on a contemporary reader's own life. This special edition runs to 368 pages in hardcover, a format that suits a novel often bought as a gift and returned to more than once. A closer look: • Elif Shafak's dual-timeline novel in a special hardcover edition • 368 pages covering both the modern and the historical strand • Rumi and Shams of Tabriz at the centre of the older narrative • A presentation binding suited to gifting For readers of literary fiction and Sufi-inflected storytelling, published by Viking and available through Boipoka.