Anna Vollmer reports that Zadie Smith’s collection, titled Dead & Alive, was published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch. The essays examine the paradox of rejecting formal groups yet craving a sense of community.
Smith’s work appears alongside other literary pieces in the Sunday edition, including Daniel Kehlmann’s novel Afrika, which depicts the Berlin Conference and the colonial division of Africa. Kehlmann’s book was released by Rowohlt.