The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak: “The dot underneath the B embodies the entire universe.… The Mathnawi starts with B, Just like the Bismillah.”
My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk: “"A cheap rendition of the terrible account of the cuckold who catches his wife and her lover in a pear tree, from Rumi's Masnawi," he said.”
The Red-Haired Woman by Orhan Pamuk: “Trying to appeal to the widest audience possible, I picked speeches from Rumi's Masnavi and old Sufi stories and fables.”