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| Author | Shmuel Yosef Agnon |
|---|---|
| Translator | Barbara Harshav |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Publication date | 1945 |
| Publication place | Israel |
Published in English | 2000 |
| Pages | 704 |
| ISBN | 978-0691009728 (First English edition) |
Only Yesterday (Hebrew: תמול שלשום, Tmol shilshom, lit. "the day before yesterday") is a 1945 Hebrew novel by the Israeli Nobel Prize laureate Shmuel Yosef Agnon, widely considered his masterpiece and one of the great works of modern Hebrew fiction. Through a blend of symbolism, intertextual allusions, and tragic comedy, it provides a nuanced perspective on the ideological and cultural tensions within the Jewish community in Palestine during the Second Aliyah period in the early 20th century.