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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew-language novel
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Modern Hebrew literature work ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | stage adaptations ⓘ |
| author | S. Y. Agnon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardsContext | author S. Y. Agnon later received the Nobel Prize in Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
Jewish immigration to Palestine
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Second Aliyah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsSocialGroup |
Jewish pioneers
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Old Yishuv community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1945 ⓘ |
| genre |
historical novel
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modernist novel ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ other languages ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Modern Hebrew literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
considered a landmark of Modern Hebrew literature
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regarded as one of Agnon's major works ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Yitzhak Kumer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of the Second Aliyah period
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vivid portrayal of Jewish pioneer life in Palestine ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Tmol Shilshom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Schocken Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
A Simple Story
NERFINISHED
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In Mr. Lublin's Store NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
British Mandate Palestine
NERFINISHED
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Ottoman Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | early 20th century ⓘ |
| style |
blend of realism and symbolism
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ironic narrative voice ⓘ use of biblical allusions ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
ideological conflicts within the Zionist movement
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life in Jaffa and Jerusalem during early Zionist settlement ⓘ tension between tradition and modernity ⓘ |
| theme |
Zionism
NERFINISHED
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disillusionment ⓘ identity and belonging ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ pioneer ideology ⓘ religion and secularism ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Hebrew title literally means "The Day Before Yesterday" ⓘ |
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