Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: N'omenala ndị a na-eme n'oge a, ihe e ji akọwa ala ọma jijiji bụ ihe ndị mere n'obodo ukwu ndị e bibiri ebibi, dị ka Kobe n'afọ 1995 ma ọ bụ
San Francisco na 1906. Ala ọma jijiji ndị e chepụtara echepụta na-emekarị na mberede n'ebughị ụzọ dọọ mmadụ aka ná ntị. N'ihi nke a, akụkọ banyere ala ọma jijiji na-ebido na ọdachi ahụ ma lekwasị anya na ya ozugbo, dị ka "Short Walk to Daylight" (1972), "The Ragged Edge" (1968) ma ọ bụ "" (1999). Otu ihe atụ a ma ama bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ ochie nke Heinrich von Kleist dere, nke aha ya bụ "The Earthquake in Chile", nke kọwara mbibi e bibiri Santiago n'afọ 1647. Haruki Murakami's short fiction collection "After the Quake" na-egosi nsonaazụ nke ala ọma jijiji Kobe nke 1995.