Summer Mirages

A collection of short stories about teenage emotions. 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)