Masahiko Shimada
Masahiko Shimada (島田雅彦) was born on March 13, 1961 in Tokyo, Japan and raised in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
He studied at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Graduate School of Education - Russian language.
He is a postmodern novelist and University Professor.
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“Kurushima and Inonaka, however, had grown up sheltered in their housing-development capsules, never directly encountering any cold walls. For them, the walls of control were covered in velvet, beckoning them to come rub their cheeks against the soft surface obediently.”
Masahiko Shimada