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The Power of One
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ISBN10: 034541005X
ISBN13: 9780345410054
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: Sep 29 1996
Pages: 544
Weight: 0.94
Height: 1.16 Width: 5.54 Depth: 8.34
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780345410054
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: Sep 29 1996
Pages: 544
Weight: 0.94
Height: 1.16 Width: 5.54 Depth: 8.34
Language: English
The Power of One has everything: suspense, the exotic, violence; mysticism, psychology and magic; schoolboy adventures, drama.
-The New York Times Unabashedly uplifting . . . asserts forcefully what all of us would like to believe: that the individual, armed with the spirit of independence-'the power of one'-can prevail.
-The New York Times Unabashedly uplifting . . . asserts forcefully what all of us would like to believe: that the individual, armed with the spirit of independence-'the power of one'-can prevail.
-Cleveland Plain Dealer In 1939, as Hitler casts his enormous, cruel shadow across the world, the seeds of apartheid take root in South Africa. There, a boy called Peekay is born. His childhood is marked by humiliation and abandonment, yet he vows to survive and conceives heroic dreams-which are nothing compared to what life actually has in store for him. He embarks on an epic journey through a land of tribal superstition and modern prejudice where he will learn the power of words, the power to transform lives, and the power of one. Totally engrossing . . . [presents] the metamorphosis of a most remarkable young man and the almost spiritual influence he has on others . . . Peekay has both humor and a refreshingly earthy touch, and his adventures, at times, are hair-raising in their suspense.
-Los Angeles Times Book Review Marvelous . . . It is the people of the sun-baked plains of Africa who tug at the heartstrings in this book. . . . [Bryce] Courtenay draws them all with a fierce and violent love.
-The Washington Post Book World Impressive.
-Newsday A compelling tale.
-The Christian Science Monitor
-Los Angeles Times Book Review Marvelous . . . It is the people of the sun-baked plains of Africa who tug at the heartstrings in this book. . . . [Bryce] Courtenay draws them all with a fierce and violent love.
-The Washington Post Book World Impressive.
-Newsday A compelling tale.
-The Christian Science Monitor
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