Today I finished reading Forty Rules of Love and I went blind in the book. I was expecting it to be a story of an unsatisfied housewife and her rekindling the romance in her married life with 40 different rules of love.
That was not the case to be, and I am glad the book was even more fulfilling than I imagined it to be. The book is not on the materialistic side of love, rather an exalted one. It is written in a way that I found easy to go through, yet the prose was not compromised. Loved the parallel of lives between Rumi Shamz and Ella Aziz.
A scene that I really liked in the book was when Shamz asked Rumi to go buy wine. Rumi going there after flinching just for a moment showed his surrender to the Dervish and his love and trust for Shamz. Exalted love indeed!
Have you read the book? Would love to know your favourite parts of it. Also, is there a book with a collection of Rumi's poems? I would love to get my hands on it. I know the book is fiction and inspired by their connection but I am intrigued.
by Waste_Project_7864