About the author

Peter Fröberg Idling (born 1972, in Stockholm) is a Swedish writer and a literary critic. He graduated from law school and spent two years in Cambodia working as a legal advisor to a human rights organisation. His first book of literary nonfiction, Pol Pots leende (Pol Pot's Smile), was translated into seven languages and shortlisted for several literary awards. In 2015 it was adapted for the stage and premiered in Berlin.

In 2012, Idling published his debut novel, Song for an Approaching Storm, to critical acclaim. The book was nominated for the August Prize, the Dublin Literary Award and is being translated into seven languages.

His third book, the novel Julia & Paul, was published in 2017. It was followed a year later by 17 April 1975. A Cambodian Journey, written together with the Italian photographer Giovanna Silva.

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Sang til den storm, der skal komme

En mesterligt komponeret roman om begær og magt, kærlighed og politik. To mænd, en kvinde i 1950'ernes højspændte politiske atmosfære - en række adskilte begivenheder og tilfældige beslutninger, der påvirker hinanden og tyve år senere fører til et af det 20. århundredes mest uhyggelige folkemord.

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Publish date18 Aug 2014
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ISBN epub9788702158809