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Hers is a story of lost love and hope, till she finds herself changed because of a book she must read as a part of her new jobs obligations. The forty rules of love elif shafak is one of turkeys most acclaimed and outspoken novelists. Ostpartum depression affects millions of new mothers every year, and like most of its victims elif shafak never expected to be one of them. Check here and also read some short description about the forty rules of love. Oct 03, 2018 the forty rules of love is a novel by elif shafak and published in 2010. She writes in both turkish and english, and has published 15 books, 10 of which are novels, including the bestselling the bastard of istanbul and the forty rules of love. The forty rules of love by elif shafak this is the last book i purchased in a store just before the lock down. Elif shafak is an awardwinning britishturkish novelist and the most widely read female author in turkey. Elif shafak has presented the narratives of two thirteenth century islamic mystics in this novel. Shafak draws on facts from rumis and shams biographies and brings them to life with deft storytelling. A gorgeous, jeweled, luxurious book the times shafak will challenge paulo coelhos dominance. Forty rules of love novel of rumi in urdu chalees charag eshk ke written by elif sharak and translate into urdu language by huma anwar. It is about maulana jalaluddin, known as rumi and his companion shams tabrizi.
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