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رغم التقييمات الرائعة والمشجعة التي قرأتها علي الجود ريدز لتلك الرواية
لم تعجبني بالشكل الكافي
لا أعلم لماذا ؟؟؟؟
ربما تكون بداية كي أقرأ عن الصوفية والتصوف
ولكن ما لم يعجبني في الرواية تصويرهم للصوفي بالشخص الخارق الذى يميل إلي تنبؤه بالمستقبل أو ما شابه ذلك
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لم تعجبني بالشكل الكافي
لا أعلم لماذا ؟؟؟؟
ربما تكون بداية كي أقرأ عن الصوفية والتصوف
ولكن ما لم يعجبني في الرواية تصويرهم للصوفي بالشخص الخارق الذى يميل إلي تنبؤه بالمستقبل أو ما شابه ذلك
فخلاف بعض المواضع التى أرى إنها لا تتوافق مع ديننا
A slow but rather exquisite read by Elif Shafak.
I feel divided by the main character Ella, though there is an emptiness to her character i found her a hard character to like with the way she interacted with her family , in Someways rather controlling with her daughter Jeanette .
I liked the letter writing between Ella and Aziz and the friendship that developed in such short period of time before she meets him .
The book sections going back and forth from everyday to the 13th century worked well ...more
I feel divided by the main character Ella, though there is an emptiness to her character i found her a hard character to like with the way she interacted with her family , in Someways rather controlling with her daughter Jeanette .
I liked the letter writing between Ella and Aziz and the friendship that developed in such short period of time before she meets him .
The book sections going back and forth from everyday to the 13th century worked well ...more
After visiting Konya, and the tomb of Mevlana and seeing this book on the shelves in Turkey,I was very excited to read this book. It was interesting to read the fictionalized insight into the relationship between Rumi(Mevlana) and his mentor, Shams. Especially how their friendship affected Rumi's family members, and the story between how they first came to be introduced. I marked this only two stars as I didn't enjoy as much the parallel story featuring Ella. The character of Ella just didn't fe
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Je suis un peu mitigée suite à la lecture de ce roman. L'ecriture est tres fluide, l'auteur nous fait voyager entre deux periodes, nous surprend par de nouveaux personnages dans le roman mais J'etais troublée par la légerté de l'approche histotique, par les changements apportés aux faits historiques, par des notions qui se contrdisent avec nos croyances.
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رواية تتحدث عن التصوف والصوفية عن تلميذ جلال الذين الرومي الذي تفوق على استاذه واصبح معلمه (شمس الدين التبريزي ) عن حياته وقواعده الأربعين في الحب الإلهي الكاهر العفيف والتي ختمها ب الحياة بلاحب تافهة ،لا يؤبه بها لا تسأل نفسك عن الحب الذي ينلغي لك البحث عنه ، روحيا او ماديا ،دنيويا أو ربانيا ،شرقيا أو غربيا ... التقسيمات لاتؤدي إلا الى تقسيمات أخرى ، ليس للحب أسماء ولا تعريفات . هو ما هو شفاف وبسيط . الحب هو ماء الحياة والعاشق روح النار ! والكون يصبح كونا مغايرا عندما تحب النار الماء .
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