Unanimously praised by critics, Halfdan Pisket’s Dansker is considered the most ambitious graphic novel ever produced in Denmark. The first part of the trilogy, Deserter, won the prestigious Ping Award for Best Graphic Novel in 2015. The third part, Danes, won the Blixen Award in the same category in 2017. In this masterful work, possessing a dark and vibrant beauty, the author tells the story of his father, an immigrant who flees his village and the militia on the brutal border between Turkey and Armenia. This deserter’s journey ends in Denmark, where he must survive as a traitor, street criminal, immigrant and family man, while trying to come to terms with his violent past.