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Johan Harstad

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Johan Harstad

Norway

Johan Harstad is a Norwegian novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and graphic designer. His novels include Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion?—a Kirkus Reviews best book of the year, published in thirteen countries—and Max, Mischa, and the Tet Offensive....

He is also the author of 172 Hours on the Moon, which won the 2008 Norwegian Brage Prize in the young adult/children’s literature category; four plays; a collection of short stories; and a prose collection. He lives in Oslo, Norway.

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Articles by Johan Harstad

Ambulance
By Johan Harstad
I'm lying on my back in the ambulance, firmly strapped to the stretcher and we're driving very fast through town...
Translated from Norwegian by Deborah Dawkin & Erik Skuggevik
Chlorine
By Johan Harstad
“A 3-D portrait of the empathy one stranger experiences on behalf of another.”—Heidi Julavits
Translated from Norwegian by Deborah Dawkin & Erik Skuggevik
To
By Johan Harstad
Everyone is vanishing.
Translated from Norwegian by Deborah Dawkin & Erik Skuggevik