The Sun is Open Mohammed al-Ghozzi

The Sun is Open Mohammed al-GhozziThe Sun is Open sifts through a boxed archive of public and private materials related to the life and death of the authors father, who was murdered by the IRA outside their Belfast home in 1984. Moving between child and adult voices, past and present, this startlingly innovative debut attempts to decode the fragments left behind and, with them, piece together a history and a life. Each page of The Sun Is Open is rich with exquisite and surprising

A fascinating web of honey-coloured threads linking Indian migrant workers

Welsh-raised and Bristol-based

and Hiroshima

Georges’ ideas span beyond the physical world

puzzled by overcoats and anoraks

We also fulfil his plan to have a Hungarian focus

“Buzzes with insight and imagination

of strange noises and phantom islands

Peace and Plenty Island and Eleuthera Island

David Calcutt

battling the odours of obscure cheese in Sheridan’s or in the more serene environment of the City Museum

I am beautiful