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The Power Of One - Bryce Courtenay


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The Power Of One - Bryce Courtenay

 
Description: ISBN 0143004557 / Author: Bryce Courtenay / Genre: Junior Books / This book is an adventure into the life-defining moments and events ... more
The Power Of One - Bryce Courtenay ... that occur in our childhoods. With breathtaking scenery and characters, Bryce Courtenay will have you laughing, crying and cheering Peekay on, as well as feeling empowered to choose your own destiny, regardless of past experiences or challenging circumstances.

Newest Review: ... him that small can overcome big and that the passion and emotion he feels can be powerful tools if directed - "Always ... more

 ... remember straight from the start, first with the head then with the heart". Later he will acquire various teachers on his road to becoming a champion for the oppressed, dealing out through his fists in the sport of boxing, through art with his gift for music and finally through his intellectual strength as he trains to become a lawyer. It is very understandable why those who have reviewed "The Power of One" on here became devoted fans of the novel. It is, as one described, a "hidden treasure"...more

BlackSwan
Premium Review The Power Of One - Bryce Courtenay: All praise the tadpole angel! (461 words)
by - written on 07/09/09 (Very useful, 19 readings)
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PK is an English boy growing up in South Africa. Sent to a Boer boarding school prior to the outbreak of the Second World War he experiences the injustice of persecution and prejudice in many forms. At school he is bullied mercilessly both by an insensitive matron and a brutal pro-Nazi elder boy, known as the Judge. Later his German mentor will also suffer imprisonment purely because of his race, but the worst suffering of all he will witness is that of the black Africans during the time of Apartheid. However, even at early age PK discovers strength around him and within him. A clever boxer teaches him that small can overcome big and that the passion and ...  Read the complete review

Best Fiction book ever (277 words)
by - written on 20/05/03
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This book I got for my B'day and in my opinion is a great read! Bryce Courtenay has written a thought-provoking page turner in "The Power of One". The book follows the journey of a young boy through the trials and tribulations of WWII era South Africa. The reader is introduced to the main character with an intimate insight into the mind of a child subjected to almost unbearable hardship and torture by his boarding school classmates. Starting from a base of terrible abuse and neglect, Courtenay takes his readers along for the ride as his hero, Peekay, navigates the river of life. The reader can little help but take pride as Peekay discovers boxing, ...  Read the complete review

ickkate
Premium Review The Power Of One - Bryce Courtenay: The Power of Pen (1666 words)
by - written on 02/07/02 (Very useful, 713 readings)
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I finished The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay a few weeks ago, and have been debating whether or not to write a review on it because I am really not sure whether I can do it justice. It is one of the best books I have ever read - a treasure that you pick up and don't want to put down. But, at the same time, with every page you read you are aware that you are getting closer and closer to the end - which brings with it the disappointment that the days of reading it are numbered. The Power of One is the story of a young boy growing up in South Africa, his early years set against the backdrop of the Second World War. The story starts when he is five years ...  Read the complete review

Lenn
Premium Review "the power of one" (191 words)
by - written on 09/04/06 (Somewhat useful, 365 readings)
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this story is such an interesting one. i was only doing a research paper on one country and read a historical fiction book and my history teacher suggested to read this book. i didnt really know what was the story about but when i first started reading it, i couldn't stop. this story is such a page-turner for every moment is so surprising. also, i heard that this story is based on bryce courtenay's life itself. and if you want, you could read the sequel to it called, "TANDIA" i'm pretty sure that it's about Bryce and his love story that he went through with his wife. The "Power of One"...why did it have to end? when i got to the last page of this ...  Read the complete review

charlhrdy
Premium Review The Power Of One - Bryce Courtenay: Excellent book (157 words)
by - written on 09/09/05 (Somewhat useful, 503 readings)
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An excellent read, I found this book by accident, and never having heard of Bryce Courtney I would not have read it if my sister hadn't raved about it. The story begins with a young white boy in South Africa in one of the wars (ww2 I think) whose mother has a mental break down, black nanny sent away and the boy being sent to boarding school. It is here where the drive in his life takes hold, here at boarding school he suffers horrific bullying which continues until he returns home. A train journey which stops of and a boxing fight happens which begins for PeeKay a career which drives him through his life until he faces his tormenter from ...  Read the complete review

 

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