 Torchlight to Valhalla 1985 Naiad Press Cover | |
| Author | Gale Wilhelm |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | lesbian fiction |
| Publisher | Random House (orig) Naiad Press |
Publication date | 1938 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 191, Random House |
| ISBN | 0-930044-68-1 |
| OCLC | 12870253 |
Torchlight to Valhalla is a lesbian-themed novel published by Random House in 1938, written by Gale Wilhelm. The novel is considered a classic in lesbian fiction, being one of the few hardbound novels with lesbian content to be published in the early 20th century. Quite rare for lesbian fiction in this time, the ending is actually satisfactory for the lesbian characters. It was also reissued in 1953 by Lion Publishers, but titled The Strange Path. It was re-issued once more in 1985 by Naiad Press under its original title. It was Wilhelm's second novel after We Too Are Drifting, both of them containing lesbian themes. One 2002 review of the book noted that it was released "just ten years after Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness. Wilhelm has created a work of self-exploration that bears little resemblance to the tormented world of Hall’s Stephen Gordon."[1]
- ^ Parks, Joy. "Sacred Ground: News and Reviews on Lesbian Writing." In GayLinkContent.com Archived 2007-12-17 at the Wayback Machine July 17, 2002.