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Fiction

Trials and puzzles

An essay wearing fiction's mask

The Theory of Everything by Yumna Kassab

by Jennifer Mills
August 2025, no. 478

The Theory of Everything by Yumna Kassab

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One of the advantages of the novel, and a major reason for its endurance into this messy century, is its elasticity. The novel’s willingness to contain a multiplicity of forms can defeat even the most radical attempts to shatter its structure. Another, perhaps contradictory advantage of the novel is its capacity for direct insight, opening a portal into another human mind at a particular time in human history.

 


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The Theory of Everything by Yumna Kassab

Ultimo, $34.99 pb, 297 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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