Nowhere, Exactly
on identity and belonging
$50.51
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
2 September 2025
Summary
Finding Home in “Nowhere, Exactly”
From two-time Giller Prize winner M.G. Vassanji, comes a thoughtful meditation on what it means to belong in the world.
Home is never a single place, entirely and unequivocally. It is contingent. The abstract “nowhere,” then, is the true home.
M.G. Vassanji has been exploring identity and belonging for over three decades, drawing on his own eclectic upbringing and intimate understanding of the unique challe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385697729 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0385697724 |
| Author: | M.G. Vassanji |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Anchor Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 2 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 221g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
Shortlisted for the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy“Nowhere, Exactly is a rich gift to Canadians—a thoughtful, meditative and nuanced exploration of identity… . In beautiful prose, Vassanji takes us back to first principles on mosaics and multiculturalism — on how people and place come together, forging the new from the old.” —Balsillie Prize for Public Policy Jury
About The Author
M.G. Vassanji
M.G. VASSANJI won the Giller Prize for his novels 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 Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction. His novel Nostalgia was a finalist in Canada Reads 2017. His latest novel, Everything There Is, was published in Fall 2023.
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