"The foreign German" depicts the story of a Tamil war refugee who came to Germany as an unattended 12-year-old boy, and who successfully has blended in. In a vivid way Umeswaran Arunagirinathan narrates his way from being a person with exceptional leave to remain for humanitarian reasons, to becoming a physician, as well as a German citizen. In doing so he also fathoms the potential, expectations as well as challenges of the process of an integration. Furthermore, he critically deals...