Tomorrow is Yesterday

In war-torn Belarus, survival is a daily act of defiance. Tomorrow is Yesterday plunges the reader into the chaos of World War II, where the people of a small Belarusian village are trapped between two brutal occupiers — the Soviets and the Nazis. Through the eyes of Mary Karaway, a young teacher whose life is shattered by violence, Kastuś Akuła delivers an unflinching portrait of fear, endurance, and the moral tightrope of life under double occupation.

First published in 1968 for a Canadian audience, this is Akuła’s only novel written in English. It carries the raw, unpolished power of a witness to the era he portrays. His prose is direct, at times archaic, with the urgency and rough edges of a story that demands to be told. It is not a polished modern reconstruction, but the voice of its time — immediate, imperfect, and unmistakably real.

Reissued to mark the centenary of Akuła’s birth, Tomorrow is Yesterday is a rare, uncensored Belarusian perspective to the literature of World War II.