Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Akụkọ Ozeki nke afọ 2013, "A Tale for the Time Being" (Viking Penguin) na-akọ akụkọ banyere akwụkwọ akụkọ dị omimi nke otu nwa akwụkwọ nwanyị nọ na nsogbu na Tokyo dere nke a kụpụrụ n'ikpere mmiri n'ụsọ oké osimiri Pacific Northwest nke Canada na-esote oke ifufe
Ala ọma jijiji na ala ọma jijiji mere na Japan n'afọ 2011. 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.