Only Yesterday

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Only Yesterday is a landmark novel of Modern Hebrew literature, renowned for its vivid portrayal of early 20th-century Jewish pioneer life in Ottoman and British Mandate Palestine.

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instanceOf Hebrew-language novel ⓘ
Modern Hebrew literature work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptation stage adaptations ⓘ
author S. Y. Agnon ⓘ
awardsContext author S. Y. Agnon later received the Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ
linked to: S. Y. Agnon
countryOfOrigin Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
depictsEvent Jewish immigration to Palestine ⓘ
Second Aliyah ⓘ
depictsSocialGroup Jewish pioneers ⓘ
Old Yishuv community ⓘ
linked to: Yishuv
firstPublicationDate 1945 ⓘ
genre historical novel ⓘ
modernist novel ⓘ
hasTranslation English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
other languages ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
literaryPeriod Modern Hebrew literature ⓘ
literarySignificance considered a landmark of Modern Hebrew literature ⓘ
regarded as one of Agnon's major works ⓘ
mainCharacter Yitzhak Kumer ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor depiction of the Second Aliyah period ⓘ
vivid portrayal of Jewish pioneer life in Palestine ⓘ
originalTitle Tmol Shilshom ⓘ
publisher Schocken Books ⓘ
relatedWork A Simple Story ⓘ
In Mr. Lublin's Store ⓘ
settingPlace British Mandate Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine

Ottoman Palestine ⓘ
settingTime early 20th century ⓘ
style blend of realism and symbolism ⓘ
ironic narrative voice ⓘ
use of biblical allusions ⓘ
subjectMatter ideological conflicts within the Zionist movement ⓘ
life in Jaffa and Jerusalem during early Zionist settlement ⓘ
tension between tradition and modernity ⓘ
theme Zionism ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
identity and belonging ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
pioneer ideology ⓘ
religion and secularism ⓘ
titleMeaning Hebrew title literally means "The Day Before Yesterday" ⓘ

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S. Y. Agnon → notableWork → Only Yesterday ⓘ