Selbstregulierung des Herzens

Selbstregulierung des Herzens (Self-Regulation of the Heart) unfolds a diverse panorama of life in the GDR and in the newly reunified Germany. At the centre of the story are Georg, who initially hopes to advance his country with the help of early computers and cybernetics, and the artist Mona. A rich ensemble of characters develops around them: Roland, the disillusioned intellectual who flees to the West; Marlies, who attempts to reform the system from within; and Mona's artist friends. They all meet in a village near Wandlitz, where strange secret construction activities soon begin.
With quiet force, Peggy Mädler writes about the flicker between stability and dissolution – about closeness and alienation, conformity and resilience.