[Daga Kotonoha]:
Kodansha ne ya buga shi a cikin 2002 kuma ya ba da babbar lambar yabo ta Tezuka Al'adu, Fumiko Takano's The Yellow Book yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗancan ayyukan da ba kasafai kuke jin daɗin karantawa ba don jin daɗin sanin da ya taso tsakanin jaruman da kanku. An ba wa wannan juzu'in da aka tattara suna bayan mafi tsayi daga cikin labarai huɗu da ke ɗauke da su: wasan kwaikwayo game da wata yarinya da ta yi soyayya da saga na Roger Martin du Gard, Les Thibault. Ragowar labaran suna ɗaukar gutsutsutsu na rayuwar yau da kullun tare da taushi da ban dariya. Ta hanyar kaleidoscope na ra'ayoyinsa na mata, Littafin Yellow yana taɓa zuciyar masu karatu ta hanyar halartar abin da, a takaice, ya haɗa da rayuwa - ƙananan abubuwa na yau da kullum.
