Roy Chesnut

Venus Figurines Roy Chesnut

Venus Figurines is a novel about Anya and James whose pursuit of love is obsessive and ritualistic. Together they navigate the fine line between the veneration of love and the exploitation of it for its pleasures. Dark and erotic, mirthful and witty their journey crosses boundaries in ways that tantalize, as they come to know love with an intensity that is mythological. A central theme of my story is the 'art of venerating woman' - Venus Art. Some ancient examples of Venus Art are statuettes of women carved by Neolithic peoples, thousands of years ago. The myth of the Birth of Venus and the Renaissance paintings of Venus that follow were similarly inspired. My book continues in this tradition.