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Speed Tribes

Speed Tribes: Days and Nights with Japan's Next Generation is a 1994 anthology book by Karl Taro Greenfeld. A collection of nonfiction short stories about the decadence and disaffection of urban Japanese Gen X youth during the early 1990s in the last years of the Bubble Economy, Speed Tribes was widely reviewed in international media.

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Author
Karl Taro Greenfeld
Genre
Anthology
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Cover artist
Adrian Morgan / Red Letter Design, Dan Winters
Media type
Print

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Speed Tribes

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Triples36
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related to Reception · 15
Speed Tribes → Alan Poul, Asian Wall Street Journal, Dennis Romero, Greenfeld, Greenfeld's, In Japan Quarterly, Janet Goff, Japan, Japanese, Kirkus Reviews, Kodansha, Los Angeles Times, Margaret Scott, The New York Times, Writing
related to Summary · 12
Speed Tribes → Choco Bon-Bon, Each, Greenfeld, In, Its, Japanese, Kill, New Journalism, Popular, Tokyo, Yakuza, Zi
Author · 1
Speed Tribes → Karl Taro Greenfeld
Cover artist · 1
Speed Tribes → Adrian Morgan / Red Letter Design, Dan Winters
Genre · 1
Speed Tribes → Anthology
ISBN · 1
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Speed Tribes → Print
Pages · 1
Speed Tribes → 286
Publication date · 1
Speed Tribes → 1994
Publisher · 1
Speed Tribes → Harper Perennial

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speed tribes japanese greenfeld book stories anthology 1990s days nights japan's next generation karl taro media writing youth early bubble

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Speed TribesAuthorKarl Taro Greenfeld1.00infobox
Speed TribesCover artistAdrian Morgan / Red Letter Design, Dan Winters1.00infobox
Speed TribesGenreAnthology1.00infobox
Speed TribesISBN.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
Speed TribesMedia typePrint1.00infobox
Speed TribesPages2861.00infobox
Speed TribesPublication date19941.00infobox
Speed TribesPublisherHarper Perennial1.00infobox
Speed TribesSubjectJapan1.00infobox
Speed Tribesrelated to ReceptionWriting0.60section
Speed Tribesrelated to ReceptionThe New York Times0.60section
Speed Tribesrelated to ReceptionAlan Poul0.60section

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