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The Forty Rules of Love
- Narrated by: George Blagden
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak, read by George Blagden.
Ella Rubinstein has a husband, three teenage children and a pleasant home. Everything that should make her confident and fulfilled. Yet there is an emptiness at the heart of Ella's life - an emptiness once filled by love.
So when Ella reads a manuscript about the 13th-century Sufi poet Rumi and Shams of Tabriz, and his 40 rules of life and love, she is shocked out of herself. Turning her back on her family, she embarks on a journey to meet the mysterious author of this work.
It is a quest infused with Sufi mysticism and verse, taking Ella and us into an exotic world where faith and love are heartbreakingly explored....
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- Ali M Mahota
- 17-09-19
Simply Amazing
One of the best books that I have ever studied. Would love going through it again. The explanation of love and spirituality in this book is second to none.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-03-22
Great Read
I’ve been hesitant to read this book as I didn’t quite like the layout. The writer attends to different narratives side by side, cutting off one story piece, to then, directly delve into the other, when In fact, I would have just preferred reading one story. However, having given the title, an easy listen on audio books helped me understand that the importance here is given to the “Forty Rules of Love” that is the essence of the book, and not so much the unnecessary details of story there for superficial entertainment. I soon looked forward to learning about the 40 rules of love and trusted the way the writer had chose to deliver them, despite her going back and forth in time changing the narrative. The point is that the rules of Love are not bound by time. Having always been present in the universe, these rules are here for human beings uncover and live by. A must read for anyone soul searching. Great read, highly recommend 💝. Thank You Elif 💕.
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- Elizabeth
- 11-07-22
BEAUTIFUL, inspiring
I loved this book. Beautifully read but you need to concentrate as the voices don't change much. I found the whole philosophy of this book very comforting and inspiring -- non-judgement, everything is happening as it should and you're always in the right place at the right time. This book needs to be read more than once.
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- BadBoy
- 22-05-22
Absolutely superb and gripping
To be honest I’m a bit spellbound on finishing this. I’m amazed that the Sufi traditions are being wiped out and feel sad. It’s all so correct and in line with other peaceful edicts.
I’m not religious and so the whole undertone of love that permeates this, is just so nourishing and wholesome. Absolutely fantastic. Thanks to the author and the narrator as well. Superb accents and tonality
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- The Life Chef
- 14-06-23
Beautiful and easy to digest
It is not often I finish listening to an audiobook in such a short time. Having been to Konya, met some of Mevlana’s (Rumi’s)descendants and followed his story it took me back there.
Whilst well read the western male voice / accent did not work for me in all of the parts and felt out of place, especially as Rumi and Shams.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-07-19
Eternal love
this book is so special I felt I want it to stay for ever like endless book. I loved Shams, Rumi, Ella and Aziz. Also loved when the funeral of Aziz turned into a ceremony. Still amezed by Shams and his level and acceptance.
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-11-19
near to perfection
timeless unsaid woes of the heart beautifully told in two eras very good read indeed
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- Michael Kavanagh
- 26-04-20
Beautiful and Inspiring
Beautiful and Inspiring. Heart opening and enriching. I would recommend this book to any person who wants to further inhabit their spiritual life in a way that is intimate and lighthearted.
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-06-20
absorbing
very absorbing, entertaining and refreshing. life lessons to think about going forward. not what I expected from the synopsis but very grateful that I chose it.
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- Mr. R. E. Towers
- 13-02-21
Beautifully crafted story of life and friendship
This is a beautifully crafted book about the relationship between the 13th century religious scholar, Rumi and Shams of Tabriz, a wandering dervisher. The relationship leads to Rumi becoming a mystic and poet.
Much of this story takes place in Konya which is in the south of modern day Turkey where Rumi's family had fled to avoid the invading Mongols from their home in modern day Afghanistan.
Shams is a mystic Sufi who holds no truck with the tradition of the religion. He is charismatic and full of wisdom and conviction. Shams sets Rumi a number of questions and challenges which develop his understanding. Love exists between the two men but Shams's influence over Rumi, as well as his exposure of hypocracy within the religion's practitioners, incurs the hatred of Rumi's family and the community
The story is juxtaposed with a modern day relationship which develops between Ella, an unfulfilled Jewish wife and literary agent in Northampton, Massachusetts and Aziz Zahara the author of Sweet Blasphemy, a book (about Rumi and Shams) she is tasked with reviewing.
Ella is enraptured by the book and it's teachings, which makes her evaluate her own life, a process she finds unsettling. Ella begins to correspond with Aziz, a free spirited Scot who is a travelling Muslim convert, who she suspects is the reincarnation of the spirit of Shams.
Will Ella be moved to give up her marriage and children for a man she has never met?
This is a excellent book which gets to the heart of life, love, spirituality and friendship. Although Shafak does try to justify the Quran's endorsement of men to admonish and beat women. Counter this with the chapter written from the perspective of a leper which is one of the most piwerful, empathetic and moving pieces I have read.
This should not spoil the reader's enjoyment of the thought provoking book which is written from the perspective of numerous narrators and is part story and part historical record.
The reading is faultless and always believable.
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