Mosaic Fictions: Writing Identity in the Spanish Civil War by Emily Robbins Sharpe (review).

"Mosaic Fictions: Writing Identity in the Spanish Civil War" by Emily Robbins Sharpe is a multi-genre study that explores the creation of North American identity through Spanish Civil War literary production. The book focuses on Canadian literature but also includes American writers and activists. Sharpe argues that Spanish Civil War literature and modern Jewish Canadian literature are mutually constitutive, and she examines how identity is shaped through religion, gender, race, ethnicity, and sexuality. The book traces the influence of the war on North American writers during and after the conflict, highlighting the connections between different identities and experiences. [Extracted from the article]