elif şafak forty rules of love a novel of rumi

elif şafak  


  forty rules of love  a novel of rumi

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Elif Shafak is one of Turkey’s most acclaimed and outspoken novelists. She was born in 1971 and is the

author of six novels, including The Forty Rules of Love, The Bastard of Istanbul, The Gaze, The Saint of

Incipient Insanities and The Flea Palace, and one work of non-fiction. She teaches at the University of

Arizona and divides her time between the US and Istanbul.

"Between your fingers you hold a stone and throw it into flowing water. The effect might not be easy to

see. There will be a small ripple where the stone breaks the surface and then a splash, muffled by the rush

of the surrounding river. That’s all.

Throw a stone into a lake. The effect will be not only visible but also far more lasting. The stone will

disrupt the still waters. A circle will form where the stone hit the water, and in a flash that circle will

multiply into another, then another. Before long the ripples caused by one plop will expand until they can

be felt everywhere along the mirrored surface of the water. Only when the circles reach the shore will

they stop and die out.

If a stone hits a river, the river will treat it as yet another commotion in its already tumultuous course.

Nothing unusual. Nothing unmanageable.

If a stone hits a lake, however, the lake will never be the same again."