{"product_id":"yesterday-9780486839134","title":"Yesterday","description":"\" gota Krist f packs volumes into this elegant shape-shifting novella. It's simultaneously a sly exploration of storytelling and a powerful narrative about immigration and the pitfalls of starting over in a new country. \u003ci\u003eYesterday\u003c\/i\u003e is a necessary and uncannily timely work by one of the unsung geniuses of contemporary literature.\" -- Jeff Jackson, author of \u003ci\u003eDestroy All Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMira Corpora\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn spare, elegant prose, this modern novella recounts a troubled young man's flight from a judgmental village. Tobias, the illegitimate son of a prostitute and the local schoolmaster, finds peace with a factory job in the comfortable anonymity of a city. But his fragile respite is shattered by the appearance of Caroline, his boyhood love, who materializes with a husband and child in tow.\u003cbr\u003eThis Dover edition marks \u003ci\u003eYesterday\u003c\/i\u003e's first U.S. publication. Originally written in French by Hungarian author  gota Krist f, this haunting exploration of dislocation, the search for love and belonging, and life as an emigrant continues to resonate today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Offers a lucid, poignant narrative of the struggle to find meaning in a world of 'unbearable waiting and . . . inexpressible silence.'\" -- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Many of Krist f's stark vignettes, reported in unflinching detail...have a cool, disturbing power -- part documentary-like, part surreal -- that is fierce and distinctive.\" -- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" gota Krist f tackles the theme of the double and the irreparable damage caused by severance from one's roots with a writing of rare sobriety and a spareness which, avoiding all superfluous sentimentality, goes right to the heart.\" -- \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Krist f -- most brilliant when she is blackest -- plots a denouement that lies on the bleaker side of black. Read it, shudder, and utter thanks.\" -- \u003ci\u003eScotland on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486839134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Agota Kristof","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637978460316,"sku":"9780486839134","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0450110d-508a-428b-95ba-a9ad9d421337.jpg?v=1603846150","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/yesterday-9780486839134","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}