Freitag and ZEIT Feature Diverse New Titles on Peace, Identity and Biography

The Reader Times desk 30 October 2026 Based on BuchMarkt reporting

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The German weekly newspapers Der Freitag and Die ZEIT highlighted a range of 2026 releases, from a joint Israeli‑Palestinian travel memoir to a biography of Kim Kardashian, offering readers fresh perspectives on conflict, culture and celebrity.

Der Freitag’s 44th issue opened with the essay “Einseitige Empathie führt ins Desaster,” followed by a discussion of the joint travel book Die Zukunft ist Frieden. Eine palästinensisch‑israelische Reise durch das Heilige Land by Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon, translated by Ursula Kömen and published by Altneuland Press (250 pages, €24).

The issue also reviewed Die Kugel by Klára Vlasáková, a Harper Collins 2026 release (288 pages, €24) that explores a mysterious phenomenon, and Die Zikade entschlupft ihrer goldglänzenden Hülle by Valeria Gordeev, published by S. Fischer Verlag (640 pages, €26).

In the ZEIT’s 47th issue, a column titled “Aufruhr und Waldeinsamkeit” celebrated the 100th birthday of Günter de Bruyn with a new novel, Die neue Mittagsgöttin (128 pages, €28). The issue also featured a holiday column by Daniel Glattauer and a biography of Kim Kardashian titled Kim (384 pages, €25).