Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Akụkọ Ozeki nke afọ 2013, "A Tale for the Time Being" (Viking Penguin) na-akọ akụkọ banyere akwụkwọ akụkọ dị omimi nke nwa akwụkwọ nwanyị nọ na nsogbu na Tokyo dere nke a na-asa n'ikpere mmiri na Pacific Northwest Coast nke Canada na-esote ala ọma jijiji na ala ọma jijiji na Japan na 2011
Ọ dị mma. Onye na-ede akwụkwọ akụkọ aha ya bụ Ruth chọpụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ, onye na-achọsi ike ịchọpụta ọdịnihu nwa agbọghọ ahụ. Junot Diaz kpọrọ akwụkwọ akụkọ a Ozeki "nke kachasị mma - na-adọrọ adọrọ, ọgụgụ isi, na-atọ ọchị, na obi mgbawa, na-adịkarị n'otu peeji". E nyere akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, ma kpọọ aha onye mbụ natara 2015 Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award (nke Leo Tolstoy Museum &amp; Estate na Samsung Electronics guzobere) maka Best Foreign Novel nke narị afọ nke 21. Akwụkwọ a enwetala ọtụtụ ihe nrite mba na mba ndị ọzọ, e bipụtakwala ya n'ihe karịrị mba iri atọ.