The Desire to Achieve "Normalcy"—Peter Schneider's Post-Wall Berlin Novel "Eduard's Homecoming."

This essay focuses on the life and works of author Peter Schneider, with reference to his novel "Eduard's Homecoming." The novel may be considered both a continuation of and supplement to the author's essayistic work in fictional guise and on a different discursive level. Berlin has become the uncontested focal point of the political and mental changes that have taken place since 1989 and a rewarding subject for Schneider. He is seeking to perpetuate a literary tradition that represents the capital as a dynamic metropolis of continual transformation.