Festival of Jewish Books & Authors - November22
Dara Horn, All Other Nights
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November 22, 2009 • Mandel JCC • 7:30pm Sponsors: Deedra & Larry Dolin, Phyllis and Avrum Froimson, Noreen Koppelman-Golstein & Barry Goloboff, Karen B. Newborn, Moria and Wolf Utian, and Ruth Viny $10 JCC Members $13 Non Members Dara Horn was named one of the Best Young American Novelists by Granta magazine and is the distinguished author of two novels - In the Image and The World to Come - that both received prestigious National Jewish Book Awards. Her newest novel tells the gripping and suspenseful story of men and women driven to the extreme limits of loyalty and betrayal. All Other Nights follows Jacob Rappaport, a Jewish soldier in the Union army, who is commanded on Passover to murder his uncle for plotting to assassinate President Lincoln. After this harrowing mission, Jacob's recruited to pursue another enemy agent: the daughter of a Virginia family friend whom he must marry. With its riveting and horrifying consequences, their marriage reveals the deep divisions that still haunt American life today. It's a brilliant parable of a rift that still lingers between those who value family and tradition first and those who are dedicated at any cost to social and racial justice for all. Layered with meaning, this New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice novel presents the most American of subjects with originality and insight - and the possibility of a reconciliation that still might await us. Limited seating |
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