{"product_id":"aphrodite-james-m-guiher-9781450248051","title":"Aphrodite: A Play","description":"THE APHRODITE OF MELOS (VENUS DE MILO), THE LARGE MARBLE STATUE OF THE GODDESS OF LOVE, CARVED IN THE 1ST OR 2ND CENTURY B.C., NOW IN THE LOUVRE, HAS BEEN THE MOST FAMOUS WOMAN IN THE WORLD SINCE SHE WAS DUG UP IN GREECE IN 1820.\u003cp\u003e Ben Hastings, an American art history professor, thinks she holds deep secrets that he can discover if he lives alone with a full-sized copy of the statue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But three women won't let him alone. Helen, his wife; Silvia, a curvaceous young blonde; and Xenia, a dark-haired woman with a mysterious past, try to divert him from his obsession with Aphrodite and possess him for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Do they succeed? Or does the power of the goddess prevail? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Ben considers her to be the essence of woman, but she is replete with contradictions: whore or nurturing mother; a fragmented figure that yet forms a magnificent work of art; an iconic female but carved by a man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Although fast-paced and comical in tone, the play investigates many of the issues pondered by the ancient Greeks: the ideal vs. the real; sacred vs. profane love; one vs. many (which is more fundamental?).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Is woman forever to be a mystery? Is the truth knowable? Are there some things we should not know? Read the play and decide if Ben finds out what he is searching for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James M. Guiher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1450248055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781450248051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James M. Guiher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44066306949375,"sku":"9781450248051","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12ffa6ac-de9b-4abb-abba-07920d8310ac.jpg?v=1685406512","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aphrodite-james-m-guiher-9781450248051","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}