Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Bhuku raOzeki ra2013, "A Tale for the Time Being" (Viking Penguin) rinotaura nyaya yebhuku rezuva risinganzwisisiki rakanyorwa nemusikana wechikoro ane matambudziko muTokyo iro rakakandwa pamhenderekedzo yePacific Northwest yeCanada mushure mekudengenyeka kwenyika kweJapan uye tsunami muna 2011
. Chinyorwa chacho chinowanikwa nomunyori wenhau anonzi Ruth, uyo anonyanya kuda kuziva kuti musikana wacho akazoitei. Junot Diaz akadana bhuku iri raOzeki kuti "chakanakisisa chose chose - chinonyengera, chine njere, chinonakidza, uye chinorwadza mwoyo, kazhinji chiri papeji rimwe chete". Iri bhuku rakapihwa mubairo we2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize yeFiction, uye yakatumidzwa zita rekutanga re2015 Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award (yakavambwa naLeo Tolstoy Museum &amp; Estate uye Samsung Electronics) yeBest Foreign Novel yezana ramakore rechi21. Bhuku racho rakagamuchira mimwe mibairo yakawanda yenyika uye yepasi rose, uye rakabudiswa munyika dzinopfuura makumi matatu.