All Other Nights, Dara Horn
All Other Nights, Dara Horn
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All Other Nights
A Novel

Author: Dara Horn

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 16 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/04/2009

Synopsis

How is tonight different from all other nights? For Jacob Rappaport, a Jewish soldier in the Union army, it is a question his commanders have answered for him: on Passover in 1862, he is ordered to murder his own uncle, who is plotting to assassinate President Lincoln.

After that night, will Jacob ever speak for himself? The answer comes when his commanders send him on another mission—this time not to murder a spy but to marry one.

A compelling novel rich with romance and the history of America (North and South), this is a book only Dara Horn could have written. Full of insight and surprise, layered with meaning, it is a brilliant parable of the moral divide that still haunts us: between those who value family first and those who are dedicated, at any cost, to social and racial justice for all.

About Dara Horn

Dara Horn earned her Ph.D. in comparative literature from Harvard University in 2006. In 2007, she was chosen by Granta magazine as one of the Best Young American Novelists. Her first novel, In the Image, received a National Jewish Book Award, an Edward Lewis Wallant Award, and a Reform Judaism Fiction Prize. Her second novel, The World to Come, received the 2006 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction and was selected as an Editor's Choice by the New York Times Book Review and as one of the Best Books of 2006 by the San Francisco Chronicle. She has taught courses in Jewish literature and Israeli history at Harvard and at Sarah Lawrence College, and she has lectured at universities and cultural institutions throughout the United States and Canada. Dara lives with her husband, daughter, and son in New Jersey.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dale on March 26, 2016

Three and a half stars. Set in the Civil War this is an interesting read that, no doubt, involved a lot of research. Faced with an arranged marriage he feels he cannot say no to, Jacob Rappaport flees and joins the Union army. His first mission sees this young Jewish soldier ordered to kill a family......more

Goodreads review by Kiersten on April 13, 2010

I was so disappointed with this book! It had a great premise--Jewish espionage during the Civil War--but it didn't pan out. Probably the most disappointing aspect of this book was Jacob. I can't think of the last time I read a book with such a weak, sapless main character. Other than running away to......more

Goodreads review by Jim on January 16, 2025

The title of this book is taken from the question "How is tonight different from all other nights?" This is the question asked on Passover. And what made this book interesting to me is that author Dara Horn presents a Jewish perspective on the American Civil War. As she notes in her afterword, there......more

Goodreads review by Valerie on August 22, 2014

I just read some of the other reviews of this book and I totally agree. Very well written historical story about the Civil War era. I learned some things that I didn't know, and I always enjoy that! At first, you don't really care for Jacob, but he finally learns some lessons about life along the wa......more

Goodreads review by Michael on April 20, 2019

This is the fourth of Dara Horn’s five novels that I have read in the last few months, and she is quickly becoming one of my favorite writers. Her novels are both entertaining and thought-provoking, and she handles big ideas and small details with equal facility. I keep expecting to be underwhelmed......more

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