The Ties That Bind (novel)
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The Ties That Bind is the first novel
by the French author Vanessa Duriès
.
The novel tells the story of Laika, a young student, who is initiated to BDSM
and then her evolution as a slave, and also of her growing love relationship with her master, Pierre. It also provides some insight into the devastating effects of the revelation of her sexual orientation on her relationship with her parents. The story is allegedly autobiographical.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by the French author Vanessa Duriès
Vanessa Duriès
Vanessa Duriès, also known as Katia Lamara was a French novelist.She was the author of the French BDSM novel Le lien based on her own experience as a slave...
.
The novel tells the story of Laika, a young student, who is initiated to BDSM
BDSM
BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...
and then her evolution as a slave, and also of her growing love relationship with her master, Pierre. It also provides some insight into the devastating effects of the revelation of her sexual orientation on her relationship with her parents. The story is allegedly autobiographical.
Publication history
- Le lien (in French) - Editions J'ai lu - ISBN 2-290-30700-9
- The Ties That Bind (translated from the French) - Masquerade Books - ISBN 1-56333-688-X