{"product_id":"9781469753904","title":"The Goddess of Love and the Angel of Death","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Goddess of Love and the Angel of Death\u003c\/i\u003e revolves around a nude female nightclub stripper, Selina, and a nude male art model, Owen. Conceived of as a modernized \"Adam and Eve,\" gender-reversing Owen tempts Selina with a piece of plastic sculpture.\u003cp\u003e  A generation later, their daughter, Lisa, who had been adopted as a baby, learns of them from a psychology professor who had met them while researching pornography in which they peripherally participated. As the story unfolds, Lisa learns that her biological parents were also talented artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The story itself is a love story of a young black woman, Selina, and an older white man, Owen. If their art and love may be the \"good\" of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, neo-Nazi racism and drug gang-banging may be the \"evil.\" The underlying theme is a triumph of art and life over pornography. The story's complex ending may bring sorrow and meaning while gladdening the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141496553712,"sku":"9781469753904","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781469753904_p0.jpg?v=1763700038","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781469753904","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}