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Reviewed by Roy T. James for Readers' Favorite
Private Antal USA by Anthony Halasz is a pile of his recollections, but for the ones he ‘forgot, decided to forget or were beyond his ability to describe.’ It contains his early memories, marrying his high school love, surviving the Nazi scare, and escaping from communism and landing up in the USA, an architect husband in the company of a girl with the ability of ballet dancing, in search of a livelihood. He joins the army and gets stationed in many places, Italy, Germany and others, after a few not so successful attempts at sculpture from his side and few at ballet on her side. He gets discharged in 1956.
Private Antal USA by Anthony Halasz has something to take away in each and every page. More than an ordered recollection of events, this is a rather philosophical peep into one's haunted memories and the people or events constituting that memory. Antal being one of those who experienced the worst period of human history, his memories are plentiful. This also contains his musings about architecture, its aims, scopes and challenges. All his observations and remarks display a noticeable sense of humor and understanding. He concludes with another of his gems: “We human beings have an uncanny ability to ruin our accomplishments.” All the descriptions given in the book are a more or less true and impassioned portrayal of the event in hand rather than biased comments, unlike many other books of a similar theme. An excellent read, deeply moving and thought provoking.
