Under the Loquat Tree

A collection of short stories about teenage emotions.
A little boy with measles has to stay in bed while his older sister and her friend study for their exams; on a rainy day, children from who knows where come to take shelter in a library; a young girl, wrongly accused by her teacher, has to clean the natural science room... Eight little stories, seemingly harmless, are brought together here, describing with infinite delicacy the emotions of young adolescents at the dawn of their discovery of sexuality.

(Source: Lezard Noir, translated)

Stories Included:
Biwa no kinoshitade (枇杷の樹の下で, 1985-07)
Hachigatsu no Imouto (八月の妹, 1984-12)
Oki no Komusume (沖の小娘, 1985-09)
Kogane Jidai I (黄金時代Ⅰ, 1984-04)
Kogane Jidai II (黄金時代Ⅱ, 1984-05)
Mayuko Rikashitsu (まゆこ理科室 1982-05)
Hikuidori no Niwa (火喰鳥の庭, 1986-03)
Mizuho to Rinko (みずほと林子 1987-12)
Natsu no Niwa (夏の庭 1995-03)