“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.”
–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
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超贊! grandpa chok+Doc+geel piet=power. yes baas
评分一點點啃英文版的感覺非常好；小男孩在激烈的種族衝突中成長成一位拳擊手 最後在礦坑遇上仇人 掃清心中陰影；和南非同學聊南非史 看到白人現在所受到歧視 聽到他們對曼德拉的攻訐 更讓人感慨曆史的循環往復 冤冤相報；期待中文譯本!
评分前麵到監獄的部分非常好看 後麵boarding school有點無聊看不下去瞭
评分前麵到監獄的部分非常好看 後麵boarding school有點無聊看不下去瞭
评分超贊! grandpa chok+Doc+geel piet=power. yes baas
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