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Written in 1945, but just translated
into English, Only Yesterday is a masterpiece novel by Israeli Nobel
Laureate, S.Y. Agnon. It tells the story of the idealists who "ascended"
to Palestine during the Second Aliya (1904-1914). Agnon himself was part
of this group of Zionists who left Europe in order to work the Biblical land
and revive Hebrew culture. These founders of the modern state met with less
than ideal conditions and this historical reconstruction of the beginnings
of the modern state is beautifully told by Agnon with an excellent translation
by Barbara Harshav. Read this epic novel before your next visit!
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