A Theory of Everything

M.G. Vassanji

11:30am

Sunday, October 1, 2023

60 mins

Celebrated writer and two-time Giller Prize winner M.G. Vassanji brings his new novel to the stage in an unmissable discussion of what happens when religion, science and desire collide.

Everything There Is follows Nurul Islam as his life with his wife and children and his work as a physicist are turned upside down. Dealing with political persecution, an unexpected romance and a potentially career-ending accusation, Islam’s story is an intimate portrait of a man standing at the intersection of love, work and belief, and the seen and unseen forces working against him.

In this unmissable conversation, Vassanji discusses his work to date and what drove him to explore the complex relationship between science and faith.

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Conversation

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Celebrated writer and two-time Giller Prize winner M.G. Vassanji brings his new novel to the stage in an unmissable discussion of what happens when religion, science and desire collide.

In this unmissable conversation, Vassanji discusses his work to date and what drove him to explore the complex relationship between science and faith.

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Conversation

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M.G. Vassanji

M.G. Vassanji won the Giller Prize for The Book of Secrets and The In-Between World of Vikram Lall, and the Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction for A Place Within: Rediscovering India. His novel The Assassin's Song was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction. Most recently, his novel Nostalgia was a finalist in Canada Reads 2017.