Chiyanjano chathu ndi imfa chimatitsogolera ku kukhalira limodzi komwe aliyense amatenga kuwerengera momwe angathere. Kufa ndiko kutsutsana kwakukulu, ndipo Jostein Gaarder akudziwa. Protagonist wa nkhani yatsopanoyi ndi wolemba wamkulu ali munthawi inayake yakufikira kukayika kwakanthawi kokhudza imfa, omwe timapewa ndi tsiku ndi tsiku.
Jakop amakhala yekha ndipo kusungulumwa ndiye chiyambi cha imfa. Mwina ndichifukwa chake Jakob amalimbikira kuwombera anthu osadziwika omwe anamwalira. Jakop akuyamba kuyendera nyumba zamaliro kuti akawotche anzako omwe sanagawanepo kalikonse, ndikuwonjezera kwa iwo omwe amabweranso kudzatsanzikana nawo.
Koma zomwe Jakop sakufuna ndikuti, ngakhale ali wokalamba, nthawi zonse pamakhala malo olandilidwa amoyo, ngakhale atayesetsa bwanji kuzolowera.
Chidule: Wophunzira wazaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi, wachikulire komanso wokonda kwambiri ku Indo-European ku department of Linguistics ku University of Oslo, Jakop amakhala moyo wosungulumwa. Popanda ana kapena abale apamtima, amangokhala paubwenzi ndi mkazi wake wakale komanso mnzake Pelle. Koma kutsogolera moyo wawung'ono chonchi sikuwoneka kuti kulibe kanthu kwa iye, popeza ntchito yapadera imagwira masiku ake kwathunthu, ndikuwonjezera, kukhalapo kwake konse: amapita kumaliro a anthu omwe sadziwa, amasakanikirana ndi achibale komanso amakumbukira za iwo nkhani zosangalatsa kwambiri za ubale wake wabodza ndi womwalirayo, nkhani zazing'ono zomwe, mosalephera, zimakhudza kwambiri omwe analipo. Mpaka tsiku limodzi, pamaliro ena, a Jakop akumana ndi Agnes ...
Ndi kuthekera kwake kopambana kuyandikira kwambiri komanso mopitilira muyeso ndikuwoneka mopepuka, wolemba wa Dziko la Sofia amatipatsa buku losaiwalika pakati pomwe mumakhala anthu, ndimafunso ake osatha onena za tanthauzo la chilengedwe.
Tsopano mutha kugula bukuli Mwamuna wokhala ndi zidolelolembedwa ndi Jostein Gaarder, papepala, apa:
