Gábor Bethlenfalvy

Gábor Bethlenfalvy

IN SEARCH OF AN AMERICA – PART III

AN IN-LAW There are windows of freedom in life whose light one must not hesitate to take advantage of, for their shutters close again, slam shut, quickly. He often thought, smiled, and dreamt about a trip with his brother Miklós, retracing their steps that led into exile, revisiting all the

IN SEARCH OF AN AMERICA – PART II

FIRST TRIP HOME Seeing the world in the vacuous ways tourists do, maybe observing strange alien cultures from a cruise ship as an upscale variant of consumption, is one thing, but it is quite another and a lot more gratifying to be able to do it with a useful purpose

IN SEARCH OF AN AMERICA – PART I

IN SEARCH OF AN AMERICA* Part I Born in Hungary before the Second World War, Gabor Bethlenfalvay spends his early childhood under privileged circumstances. In December 1944, days before the Red Army overruns his hometown, the ten-year-old Gabor and his family flee west through war-torn lands to end up as