- Fiction, France combattante, Women refugees, Women soldiers
This novel—based on the author's real-life experiences—is credited as the first candidly lesbian novel, originally published in 1950, that “scandalized mid-century America” (The New York Times).
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- Author
- Tereska Torrès, Judith Mayne
- First published
- 1960
- Pages
- 216
- Publisher
- Sphere Books, World Distributors, Quality Paperback Book Club
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISBN
- 9781558617148
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Tereska Torrès (born Tereska Szwarc) was a French writer known for the 1950 book Women's Barracks, the first "original paperback bestseller." In 2008 historians credited the republished book as the first pulp fiction book published in America to candidly address lesbian relationships, although Torrès did not agree with this analysis.
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