WHAT INSPIRED THE TITLE?

Postmodernvenus began within a dream—like a time machine into a cinematic memory, where visionary director Quentin Tarantino sits beside the author in a retro library bar, locks eyes, and says: Write my next heroine-led film noir, where vengeance is poetic. The title emerged from a fusion of art history, an art model career, and a moment of subtle irony—incorporating timeless elegance with the edginess of contemporary art and creative storytelling.

Drawing inspiration from the fauvism of Matisse's Nu Bleu II and the elegance of Botticelli's Birth of Venus, this detective novel explores the intersection of art, identity, and law. Rose becomes unbound—emerging from a sea of chaos into a realm of self-actualization and divinity. Pulled into the system’s magnetic force, her pursuit of elusive truths begins. Through a postmodern lens, Rose confronts implicit bias—disrupting the status quo to do the brave thing. The narrative invites readers to engage with the intricate layers of illusion as Rose navigates a world immersed in uncertainty and equivocal ambiguity.