Meeting the Master: Stories about Mastery, Slavery and the Darker Side of Desire - Paperback

by Elissa Wald (Author), Wald (Author)

Meeting the Master is an elegantly crafted collection exploring the pleasures and rituals of dominance and submission. In these resonant, darkly erotic stories, a young girl dreams of submitting to a boy who refuses to control her. An ex-convict is so accustomed to serving his cellmate that he cannot adjust to freedom. A professional dominatrix is beaten at her own game by a psychiatrist. And a student lies his way into the home of an army recruiter to become his houseboy. Elissa Wald's precise and startling voice reveals a penetrating wisdom that animates these lives. Meeting the Master is a provocative collection that is a pleasure to read.

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A subtle, beautifully crafted collection, Meeting the Master introduces an accomplished new author whose lyrical economy and ability to see the erotic in everyday life make her a true pleasure to read. A young girl dreams of submitting to a boy who has no interest in controlling her; an ex-convict is so accustomed to servicing his cellmate that he cannot adjust to the outside world; a professional dominatrix explores her life with a psychiatrist; a student lies his way into the home of a stern older man in order to become his houseboy: Elissa Wald's characters embody a wide variety of voices - children, adults, gay, men, bi- and heterosexual women - and she presents them all with precision and an unusual clarity of vision.