Lingaliro loyambirira, lochitidwa ndi cholembera choyenera, lingasinthe buku kukhala chuma chambiri, mtundu wa kukonzedweratu kuti upereke ntchito yosangalatsa, yosangalatsa, yodzaza nthabwala. Koma nthawi yomweyo, bukuli ladzaza ndi malingaliro osangalatsa pa moyo, chikondi ndi zina zonse zazing'ono zomwe timayang'ana pamoyo wathu watsiku ndi tsiku. Marie Sabine Roger, amachipeza.
Ngakhale mwamwayi ndi wa protagonist wa nkhaniyi, Mortimer Di Funto. Mnyamata yemwe tsogolo lake limaganiziridwa ngakhale dzina lake lotchuka. Mortimer anali atalemba m'mibadwo yake kuti ayenera kufa ali ndi zaka 36, monga makolo ake onse.
M'zaka zake makumi atatu ndi kuposerapo akudikirira, Mortimer Di Funto sanachite zambiri ndi moyo wake. Kuyembekezera kutero kwamupereka kwa iye, popanda chifukwa china. Palibe banja, palibe chikondi chachikulu kapena zilakolako.
Ndipo tsiku lake lobadwa lidzafika, ndipo palibe chomwe chimachitika, tsiku lotsatira amafika popanda imfa atayima mwa iye. Kutha kwa temberero? Moyo wonse watayika? Kodi pangakhale nthabwala yowoneka bwino kwambiri?
Mortimer, yemwe adangowona moyo wake ukupita, mwadzidzidzi amapezeka kuti ali ndi chithunzi cha moyo waulere, ndipo pang'ono ndi pang'ono amalimbikira kupanga china chake chabwino. Ataya nthawi yamtengo wapatali yomwe sadzabwereranso, koma pansi pamtima, kuyambira tsiku lotsatira la kubadwa kwake kwa 36th, atha kukhala wamoyo kuposa wina aliyense. Kuyambitsa moyo watsopano kwa iye kumakhala phindu lomwe limamukweza pamwamba pa miyoyo yambiri yaulesi, yocheperako tsiku ndi tsiku ngati chizolowezi chowopsa.
Mosakayikira, iyi ndi ntchito yokhala ndi nthabwala zazikulu koma ndizofunikira zotsalira zamphamvu. Lingaliro, lomwe limanenedwa kawirikawiri, lopeza zomwe zili zofunika kwambiri limatitsogolera limodzi ndi Mortimer panjira yodziwikiranso, popanda zikhalidwe kapena malingaliro, kapena kudzithandiza, kokha kudzera nthabwala, mwina limodzi ndi chikondi, za ochepa zinthu zomwe tasiya.
Mutha kugula bukuli Tsiku lobadwa, buku laposachedwa kwambiri la Marie-Sabine Roger, apa: