Jumia Books The Forty Rules Of Love By Elif Shafak, Relationships

"A novel within   novel, The Forty Rules of Love tells two parallel stories (The technique placing two story together is called juxtaposition in literature) that mirror each other across two very different cultures and seven intervening centuries."[9] It starts when a housewife, Ella, gets a book called Sweet Blasphemy for an appraisal.[10] This book is about a thirteenth century poet, Rumi, and his spiritual teacher, Shams.[9] The book presents Shams's Forty Love Rules at different intervals.[11][12] The story presented in the novel is basically on "love and spirituality that explains what it means to follow your heart".