AUTHORS: Alan Lightman

Radio and television broadcaster Mary Hynes is the host of Tapestry, CBC Radio’s weekly programme about spirituality and the search for meaning. Hynes has also covered three Olympic Games, reported from 23 countries, and is a former sports reporter for the Globe and Mail.

Alan Lightman is the author of five previous novels, a book-length narrative poem, two collections of essays, and several books on science. His work has appeared in the Atlantic, Granta, New Yorker, New York Review of Books, and Nature, among other publications. A theoretical physicist as well as a novelist, he has served on the faculties of Harvard and MIT. Lightman presents Mr g, a profound work that celebrates the tragic and joyous nature of existence on the grandest possible scale.

Barraged by the constant advisements and bickerings of his aunt and uncle, Mr g proceeds to create time, space, and matter. Then come stars, planets, animate matter, consciousness, and finally, intelligent beings with moral dilemmas. However, Mr g soon discovers that with his creations come some unforeseen consequences. As he watches his favorite universe grow into maturity, Mr g begins to understand how the act of creation can change himself, the Creator.