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KCofKaysville
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Starting another one by Shafak that my Library has. About the poet Rumi.

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AnneCecilie
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Pickpick

Ella‘s been a SAHM most of her married life, but now the kids are old so she has gotten a job as a reader for a literary agent. The first script is Sweet Blasphemy. A book about Rumi and his spiritual companion Shams of Tabriz. Shams is a traveling dervish, and he has 40 rules for life and love, and he follows a philosophy on unity of people and religion. Not everyone agrees with this

#Turkey #foodandlit #2009 #192025

AnneCecilie I‘ve read a couple of Shafak‘s latest novels, but haven‘t loved them as much as everybody else. Maybe my expectations where too high after hearing how great they were? This one on the other hand, I didn‘t know much about and was completely swept up in the story. 5mo
Librarybelle I like the cover of that edition! 5mo
AnneCecilie @Librarybelle Me too 😊 5mo
Texreader Great review 5mo
Catsandbooks 👏🏼🇹🇷 5mo
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TheEllieMo
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Mehso-so

I really wanted to like this one, and as a piece of historical fiction, based on the meeting of Rumi and Shams of Tabriz, it‘s interesting - I had no knowledge of either men or of Sufism. But the parallel story set in modern era America is a bit mundane. If feels maybe it was added to make the novel palatable for Western tastes?

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lil1inblue
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Pickpick

Love poems. Rumi. Enough said.

#poetrymatters

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IndoorDame
A Year with Rumi | Coleman Barks
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IndoorDame @dabbe ♥️💜♥️ 11mo
Gissy ❤️❤️❤️ 11mo
Eggs Excellent interpretation 👌🏼 11mo
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TheSpineView
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yes!! 🌞 10mo
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IndoorDame
A Year with Rumi | Coleman Barks
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TheSpineView ❤️❤️❤️ 11mo
dabbe 💜🩶💜 11mo
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IndoorDame
A Year with Rumi | Coleman Barks
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My last Rumi poem of 2023. I don‘t think I‘ve ever enjoyed a daily reader so much, or ever planned to flip right back to the beginning before and spend a second year with one to see how the selections strike me differently on new days.

AnnR Nice photo and I like the teacup. Very colorful! 12mo
IndoorDame @AnnR 💙🩵🩶 12mo
TheBookHippie I loved this so much! 12mo
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IndoorDame @TheBookHippie if I remember correctly I have you to thank for my discovering this in the first place, so thank you for making my year lovelier and more meaningful 🙏♥️ 12mo
TheBookHippie @IndoorDame ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 12mo
IndoorDame @TheBookHippie love this!!!! Thanks for sending it my way ♥️♥️♥️ 11mo
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