The Butterfly Room
by Saurav Dutt (Author)
4 out of 5 stars Kindle EditionPaperback
£1.95
£7.99
As well as Amazon.com, his books are available in Waterstones and Barnes & Noble in paperback, hardback and Kindle formats across iTunes, Kobo, Nook and other multiple formats.
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Inspired by the recent efforts of the Joyful Heart Foundation’s NO MORE campaign and an existing relationship with InterAct to help raise awareness around domestic violence and LGBTI rights, proceeds from this book will be donated to Refuge the UK’s largest provider of specialist domestic violence services as well as Southall Black Sisters, Stonewall, Women’s Aid and the charities highlighted above.
For years Vikram and his two sisters have lived in the shadow of their powerful father Rohan. His wife Lakshmi has watched the family slowly disintegrate, living uncertainly within a web of fractured love, deceit and broken promises.
Determined to change her own life and those of her children she is now faced with the most dangerous choice of all. A course of events will now place everything she loves, cherishes and holds sacred under direct threat, plunging the family inexorably towards a journey of pain, self-realisation and ultimately heart breaking tragedy.
"Heartbreaking and deeply moving..." The Indian Express
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4.0 out of 5 stars
5(1) customer reviews
What a perfect story..!!
ByLennomarkon 29 April 2015
Format: Kindle Edition
Author Saurav Dutt who wrote put together this dark story, has a rather short resumé, book wise, but the quality of his work sufficiently impresses me enough to look out for future releases.
The story was extremely well developed and the characterisation flawless in my view. Given the horrible issues of homophobia and domestic violence & sexual abuse we have to ask why must life deal such horrible blows to the good and innocent people of this world? This story tore my heart out. Deep sorrow, deep tragedy, but overall, triumphal beauty of the human soul. Dutt imparts an example of strength, courage, dignity, and fearlessness. What a perfect story.
A loyal wife has suffered years of psychological torment and physical abuse at the hands of her powerful husband who as Dutt explains “uses his fists to communicate” when he’s not verbally putting her down. Yet as a well to do Indian wife she cannot disrupt the family fabric by simply getting up and leaving him, feeling her own pain is insignificant compared to other women who are regularly beaten and scorned. She is the crux of the story and whilst everyone in the family has a secret none is more telling than the oldest son Vikram who is a gay man but feels obliged to marry a woman and hide his sexuality beneath the veneer of respectability.
Both these conflicts come together and predictably the results don’t make for a happy ending. This has got movie written all over it, while some chapters and scenes disturb I can imagine how heart rendering they might be as a film.
I take my hat off to author Saurav Dutt for putting this book together and for giving proceeds of the book to charity.
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More About the Author
Biography
British Author and Screenwriter Saurav Dutt is a creative polymath. He wrote for The Guardian, The Independent; he is a painter, film producer, photographer, graphic design illustrator and above all, an accomplished author and writer. His books have covered film star biographies, contemporary fiction and horror, Manga and graphic novels. His books have been short-listed and featured at the London and Frankfurt book fairs, MCM Comic Book Convention and BookExpo America amongst others. As co-writer and associate producer of the independent film 'Live Life Dearest' he is also a Gothenberg Independent Film Festival winner.
His books have featured at the LA Times Festival of Books, International Kolkata Book Fair, Paris Book Fair, GBO New Delhi's annual event GLOBALOCAL, New Delhi World Book Fair and BookExpo America. In 2014 he was shortlisted for Outstanding Contribution to Arts & Culture Awareness at the 2014 British Indian Awards.
As well as Amazon.com, his books are available in Waterstones and Barnes & Noble in paperback, hardback and Kindle formats across iTunes, Kobo, Nook and other multiple formats.
Dutt currently resides in the United Kingdom and can be contacted at saurav@sauravdutt.com and his official website is www.sauravdutt.com
