Song for an Approaching Storm

Translation of: Seang till den storm som ska komma.

About the author

Peter Fröberg Idling, geboren 1972, ist ein schwedischer Autor und Literaturkritiker. Er veröffentlichte Essays und Prosatexte, für die er bereits mehrere Preise erhalten hat. Seine Bücher sind in zahlreiche Sprachen übersetzt.

Summary

"Cambodia, 1955. The country is on the brink of a major change, with the first democratic elections just around the corner. In the midst of the frenzy, we meet Sar-a quiet, likeable man in his early thirties who is campaigning for the opposition, but secretly working for an armed Communist takeover. Many years later, he will become known to the world as Pol Pot."--Amazon.com.

Foreword

A political thriller set in 1950s Cambodia with echoes of Graham Greene - and James Ellroy

Report

Longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award

"Idling has climbed inside the mind of a tyrant, and it makes the blood run cold; this is also a wonderfully evocative picture of a chaotic country about to explode into war, where "torrential rain makes the street look as if the surface is coming to the boil". Brilliant." - The Times

"Beautifully evocative....must-read novel." - Daily Mail

"So assured it is hard to believe it is a debut ... [a] fine novel." - Sunday Telegraph

Product details

• Authors: Peter Froeberg Idling, Peter Fröberg Idling, Peter Fröberg Idling, Peter Freoberg Idling, Peter Froberg Idling, Peter Froeberg (Author) Idling
• Assisted by: Peter Graves (Translation), Graves Peter (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 10.02.2015
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9781782270614
• ISBN: 978-1-78227-061-4
• Pages: 336
• Subjects: Thriller, Graham Greene, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, love triangle, Fiction in translation, Marguerite Duras, Cambodia, Pol Pot, Communism, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Peter Fröberg Idling