Der Preis der Integration in postmigrantischen Gesellschaften: Der Roman Ein schönes Ausländerkind von Toxische Pommes

[Machine translation] Ein schöne Ausländerkind (2024) is the debut novel by TikToker, cabaret artist and lawyer, Irina (last name unknown), who has been using the stage name Toxische since the Covid pandemic, French fries have won a lot of attention. The novel highlights the complexity of, refugee experience and identity formation in multicultural societies, with fluidity, of concepts such as “belonging” and “home” as well as the challenging nature of integration, be highlighted. The story follows a middle-class family who lived before the war in, Yugoslavia flees to Austria. Although their experiences are less dramatic than the, Many others, yet profoundly burdensome, reveal everyday racism and question, the assimilation-based integration model. Language is a central topic that is both, serves as a barrier as well as a means of integration. “What did Austria cost us? ” she asks, First-person narrator after the three family members achieved the desired Austrian citizenship, have finally received. The bitter and painful answer at the end of the novel reveals, the high price of integration.