by Mona Ozouf · ISBN 9782070437887
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«Composition française : Retour sur une enfance bretonne» is Mona Ozouf's memoir, published by Gallimard in the Folio collection.
Mona Ozouf recalls her childhood in Brittany and the conflicting beliefs of the home, the republican school and the church. From this arises a reflection on the tension between the national spirit and particularisms, and on how to reconcile what is one's own with the universal.
It won the Prix Montaigne de Bordeaux and the Prix de la Revue des Deux Mondes; the original edition dates from 2009.
For readers interested in the history of France, regional identity and the debate between republicanism and particularisms.
Mona Ozouf is a French historian and philosopher. Born into a family of schoolteachers keen on preserving the language and the culture of Brittany, she graduated as a teacher of philosophy from the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles.
