{"product_id":"tomorrow-is-yesterday-kastus-akula","title":"Tomorrow is Yesterday","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first novel written in English by a Belarusian, reissued for the author’s centenary.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a small Belarusian village during the Second World War, the people are trapped between two occupiers, the Soviets and the Nazis. Mary Karaway is a young teacher whose life is shattered by the violence, and she has to find a way to survive in a world where every choice is dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKastuś Akuła (1925–2005) lived through the German occupation of Belarus before emigrating to Canada. He published \u003cem\u003eTomorrow is Yesterday\u003c\/em\u003e in Canada in 1968. It was his only novel in English and one of very few uncensored accounts of wartime Belarus written from inside the Belarusian experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis prose is direct, sometimes archaic, and rough at the edges. It reads as the testimony of someone who lived through it, not a polished modern reconstruction: immediate, imperfect and unmistakably real.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReissued to mark 100 years since Akuła’s birth, this edition returns a forgotten Canadian voice to print.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/author\/kastus-akula\"\u003eKastuś Akuła\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFirst published:\u003c\/strong\u003e Canada, 1968\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormats:\u003c\/strong\u003e Trade paperback; premium paperback; EPUB\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN (trade paperback):\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1-0693348-6-2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN (premium paperback):\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1-0693348-5-5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN (EPUB):\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1-0693348-7-9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Grunwald Publishing, Canada\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Kastuś Akuła","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":67610117701864,"sku":"978-1-0693348-6-2","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Premium Paperback","offer_id":67604956217576,"sku":"978-1-0693348-5-5","price":27.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"EPUB","offer_id":67604956250344,"sku":"978-1-0693348-7-9","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/9760\/4840\/files\/akula-tomorrow-is-yesterday-front-cover.jpg?v=1790428578","url":"https:\/\/grunwald.ca\/products\/tomorrow-is-yesterday-kastus-akula","provider":"Grunwald Publishing Inc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}