[Isuka eKotonoha]:
Ipapashwe ngu-Kodansha ngo-2002 kwaye wawongwa ngeBhaso leNkcubeko leTezuka elihloniphekileyo, incwadi kaFumiko Takano ethi The Yellow Book yenye yaloo misebenzi inqabileyo owonwabelayo ukuyifunda ukuze uve ukuqhelana okuthambileyo okuvela phakathi kwabalinganiswa kunye nawe. Lo mqulu uqokelelweyo waqanjwa ngegama elide kunawo onke amabali amane aqulethwe kuwo: idrama malunga nentombazana efikisayo ethandana noRoger Martin du Gard's saga, Les Thibault. Amabali aseleyo abamba amaqhekeza ahlukeneyo obomi bemihla ngemihla ngobubele kunye noburharha. Ngokusebenzisa i-kaleidoscope yeembono zayo zobufazi, iNcwadi eMthubi ichukumisa iintliziyo zabafundi ngokujonga oko, ngokushwankathela, okwenza ubomi-izinto ezincinci zemihla ngemihla.
