Ka kammala wannan magana: Littafin Ozeki na 2013, "A Tale for the Time Being" (Viking Penguin) ya ba da labarin wani littafi mai ban mamaki wanda wata yarinya mai matsala a Tokyo ta rubuta wanda aka wanke a bakin tekun Pacific Northwest na Kanada a bayan da
Girgizar kasa da tsunami a Japan a shekarar 2011. Wani marubuci mai suna Ruth ne ya gano littafin, wanda ya zama mai sha'awar gano makomar yarinyar. Junot Diaz ya kira wannan labari na Ozeki "mafi kyau - mai ban sha'awa, mai hankali, mai ban dariya, da kuma zuciya, sau da yawa a kan wannan shafi". An ba da kyautar littafin littafin Los Angeles Times na 2013 don Fiction, kuma an kira shi farkon mai karɓar lambar yabo ta Yasnaya Polyana ta 2015 (wanda Leo Tolstoy Museum &amp; Estate da Samsung Electronics suka kafa) don Mafi kyawun Littafin Ƙasar waje na ƙarni na 21. Littafin ya karɓi wasu kyaututtuka na ƙasa da na duniya, kuma an buga shi a cikin ƙasashe sama da talatin.