《The Forty Rules of Love》是一部結合當代與13世紀蘇菲詩人魯米故事的小說,由國際暢銷作家Elif Shafak創作。主角艾拉擁有穩定的家庭與生活,但內心始終感到空虛。當她閱讀一部關於魯米與其精神導師沙姆士的手稿後,開始重新思考愛與自我。這段閱讀經驗引導她踏上內在轉變之路,也開啟一場橫越時空的探索。透過信仰、詩句與人生哲理,小說細膩描寫人與愛之間的改變,是一部關於尋找自我與心靈連結的動人作品。A magical, cross-century tale of self-discovery*The international bestseller from the author of the Booker-shortlisted novel, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World** One of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World'*"Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven't loved enough..."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 thirteenth-century Sufi poet Rumi and his mentor Shams of Tabriz, and his forty rules of life and love, she is ready to look at her life an