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Blurb:
Ella Rubenstein is forty years old and unhappily married when she takes a job as a reader for a literary agent. Her first assignment is to read and report on Sweet Blasphemy, a novel written by a man named Aziz Zahara. Ella is mesmerized by his tale of Shams's search for Rumi and the dervish's role in transforming the successful but unhappy cleric into a committed mystic, passionate poet, and advocate of love. She is also taken with Shams's lessons, or rules, that offer insight into an ancient philosophy based on the unity of all people and religions, and the presence of love in each and every one of us. As she reads on, she realizes that Rumi's story mir­rors her own and that Zahara—like Shams—has come to set her free.

In this lyrical, exuberant follow-up to her 2007 novel, The Bastard of Istanbul, acclaimed Turkish author Elif Shafak unfolds two tantalizing parallel narratives—one contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth century, when Rumi encountered his spiritual mentor, the whirling dervish known as Shams of Tabriz—that together incarnate the poet's timeless message of love.

Hi everyone. So who are going to read this book this month? I have started reading a few pages online. I will be receiving a physical copy today.

This is an amazing book! A must read!

Ruchi wrote: "This is an amazing book! A must read!"

You have already read it, Ruchi?

I am not reading this book now as I have already read it earlier. But wanted to say that it was really a great experience to read that book. Such amazing writing style, language, philosophy... Loved the link between the four characters.. It's a must read..

I am about half way into it... I love the flow, the style of storytelling... For me it is interesting to see how two stories, centuries apart, are heading into a similar direction, but I think some readers will feel differently about both, while some others will see both on the same parameters...