The Forty Rules of Love
| Author | Elif Shafak |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary Fiction |
| Publisher | Penguin Books |
Publication date | March 2009 |
| Publication place | Turkey |
| Pages | 354 |
| Awards | Prix ALEF* - Mention Spéciale Littérature Etrangère |
| ISBN | 9780141047188 |
The Forty Rules of Love is a novel written by the Turkish author Elif Shafak, The book was published in March 2009. It is about the Persian mystic poet Maulana Jalal-Ud-Din, known as Rumi and his companion Shams Tabrizi. This book explains how Shams transformed a scholar into a Sufi (mystic) through love. More than 750,000 copies of this book were sold in Turkey and France.