Droit du sol

Étienne Davodeau’s Droit du sol is a single-issue graphic novel from Casterman, published in 2009. A deeply personal and journalistic work by the acclaimed French cartoonist, it explores the bond between people and the land they live on, weaving together Davodeau’s own family history with the story of a village in the French countryside. Through its intimate, hand-drawn storytelling, the book offers a thoughtful meditation on roots, identity, and what it means to belong to a place.