In My Brother's Shadow
In My Brother's Shadow is an absorbing and skilful story, exploring the attitudes of a younger brother who has grown up overawed by the image of his elder brother. In his attempt to break away from a monotonous middle-class lifestyle the main hero goes on pilgrimage to Bosnia and Serbia to explore the land that took his brother's life. Events in Serbia take him to the cold and imperial beauty of St. Petersburg, Russia, where events force him to re-examine the basis of his morality, the nature of war and peace, love and hate, and violence and submission. It explores the motivations behind these and how ordinary people can be pushed to do the unthinkable. In my Brother's Shadow explores the relationship of two brothers and how actions can be defined by their environment. About the author: Peter Campbell is a journalist and translator who has spent over five years living in Russia. In my Brother's Shadow brings together his observations and experiences from living in Russia, where he personally explored and experienced the sharp contrasts of life in Russia's post Soviet reality with all its beauty, wealth, kindness, poverty and cruelty.