Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te pukapuka a Ozeki o te tau 2013, "He Korero mo te Taima" (Viking Penguin) e whakaatu ana i te korero mo te pukapuka o te raupapa ngaro i tuhia e tetahi kotiro kura raru i Tokyo e horoia ana ki te takutai o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa o Kanata i muri i te
2011 Japan te ru me te tsunami. Ka kitea te pukapuka e tētahi kaituhi, ko Rutu te ingoa, e hiahia nui ana ki te rapu i te tūponotanga o te kotiro. I kiia e Junot Diaz tenei pukapuka ko te tino pai a Ozeki - he whakamiharo, he mohio, he ngahau, he ngakau pouri, he maha nga wa i te whaarangi kotahi. " I whakawhiwhia te pukapuka ki te 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, ka whakaingoatia ko te kaiwhiwhi tuatahi o te 2015 Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award (i whakatuhia e te Leo Tolstoy Museum & Estate me Samsung Electronics) mo te Pukapuka Tuarua Pai rawa atu o te rautau 21st. Kua riro i te pukapuka etahi atu tohu motu me te ao, a kua whakaputaina i roto i neke atu i te toru tekau nga whenua.