Elif Shafak Collection Forty Rules of Love, Bastard of Istanbul & Honour - Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set
The Forty Rules of Love
The Bastard of Istanbul
Honour

Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9789124063276
Publisher: Penguin
Age Range: Adult

Overview
This Elif Shafak Collection brings together three of the author's most acclaimed literary novels in one paperback set: The Forty Rules of Love, The Bastard of Istanbul, and Honour. Spanning Sufi mysticism, Istanbul family secrets, and a London-Turkish migration saga, these three books showcase Shafak's gift for weaving history, culture, and deeply human emotion. Ideal for book clubs, literary fiction readers, and anyone drawn to stories of love, identity, and belonging across borders.

About the Books
The Forty Rules of Love follows Ella Rubinstein, an outwardly settled American housewife whose life is quietly transformed when she reads a manuscript about the thirteenth-century Sufi mystic Rumi and his companion, Shams of Tabriz. Interweaving Ella's present-day awakening with Shams's forty rules for living and loving, the novel is a meditation on faith, freedom, and transformative love that has resonated with readers worldwide.

The Bastard of Istanbul centres on Asya Kazanci, raised in a household of formidable Istanbul women, and Armanoush, an Armenian-American who travels to Turkey to uncover her family's hidden past. Through these two young women, Shafak explores the fraught, often unspoken history between Turks and Armenians, blending sharp humour, food, and family drama with a serious reckoning with collective memory.

Honour follows the Toprak family from a Kurdish village in Turkey to 1970s London, tracing how tradition, secrecy, and shifting notions of family honour shape the lives of twins Iskender and Esma. It is a powerful, unflinching look at migration, identity, and the human cost of inherited expectations, told with the emotional depth and narrative sweep Shafak is known for.

• Three acclaimed novels by an internationally bestselling, award-winning author
• Rich, character-driven storytelling spanning Sufi mysticism, family sagas, and migration
• Ideal for book clubs, literary fiction fans, and gift-giving
• Compact paperback set, easy to read, share, and travel with
• Explores themes of love, identity, culture, and belonging in depth

About the Author
Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and storyteller who has published 21 books, 13 of them novels, translated into 58 languages worldwide. The Forty Rules of Love was chosen by the BBC among the 100 Novels that Shaped Our World, and her other novels have been shortlisted for prizes including the Booker Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a prominent advocate for women's rights and freedom of expression, Shafak is widely regarded as one of the most compelling literary voices writing today.

Why You'll Love This Collection
Three unforgettable novels, one collection: love, history, and identity woven through Istanbul, London, and the Sufi path. Perfect for readers who want to lose themselves in rich, emotionally resonant storytelling from a truly global literary voice.

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