David Applefield Books

Published in Paris, Frank is the longest running expat publication in Europe, bringing bringing American readers new fiction, poetry, letters, translations, and much more that defies description. This newest issue features * a literary conference call between Copenhagen-based Thomas E. Kennedy and San Diego novelist Duff Brenna (author of Too Cool) * an unpublished telegram from James Baldwin. * a riveting piece by Turkish artist and cultural gueriilla Bedri Baykam. * poetry by Billy Collins. * a Paris Conversation with Deepak Chopra * and many surprises

DavidApplefield's powerful first novel Once Removed, stirs memories from Krakow, Poland of the thirties and forties, with the banal reality of post-war America, where strange moments of personal epiphany occur in hospital waiting rooms, fast food restaurants, and hotel lobbies. The novel, skillfully set in present day Houston, Texas, shuttles us back and forth before and after the war, but never leaves the last 17 days of one man's life. In 1947, Polish camp survivor Jacob Simon and his identity-shocked eleven-year-old daughter, Dzidza, leave a devastated Europe and a haunted past. Forty years later, in the Intensive Care Unit of a prestigious American heart clinic, the horrors surface again as experiences are relived and the memory itself battles to recontruct the past. This deeply ironic and poignant story- while consumed by the superficiality of the dalliance in which it's being told- invited a comtemporary metaphor for experiencing a world once removed.

The collection includes a book accompanied by four audio CDs and a USB drive, offering a multi-format experience for readers and listeners. This combination enhances the learning or entertainment value, allowing for an immersive engagement with the content. The audio elements provide an auditory dimension to the material, making it accessible for various preferences and settings.