Only Yesterday (novel)

Only Yesterday

Cover of the English edition
Author	Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Translator	Barbara Harshav [he]
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.