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product_id: 95233427
title: "The Power of One Paperback – January 1, 1998"
brand: "bryce courtenay"
price: "226 zł"
currency: PLN
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 8
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# The Power of One Paperback – January 1, 1998

**Brand:** bryce courtenay
**Price:** 226 zł
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** The Power of One Paperback – January 1, 1998 by bryce courtenay
- **How much does it cost?** 226 zł with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book ranks in my top 10 lifetime favorites and I am an avid reader!
*by M***G on January 9, 2014*

I read this book 16 years ago - it is unforgettable. I have recommended it and given it as a gift to the people who are most important to me. All have felt the same. It seems that it is not very well known but when mentioned to book lovers, it elicits a unanimous response - "Great book!" Understanding the Afrikans words and the events of the pre-Nazi time in South Africa was difficult but very rewarding. The story satisfyingly bridged the time span from the aforementioned period through the rigid apartheid time and the beginnings of apartheid's downfall. I read that Bryce Courtenay died recently and although his obituary did not say that The Power of One was autobiographical, I must believe that it either described his own life or the life of someone very close to him. I consider it a must read. In fact, my son, also an avid reader, wrote about it in one of his college application essays and he was accepted early decision to Harvard.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A rivetting read
*by J***E on December 27, 2012*

This is a rivetting read involving a white South African English-speaking child of unsual intelligence who is sent to a rural Afrikaans boarding school. He is mercilessly abused from the age of five by older boys who have formed a Nazi cult (1939). He is detested purely for his culture - even by those who run the school. Named "Peekay" he learns not to fight back but to ride the punches and the insults.The experience proves, to say the least, character forming.As a teeanger he becomes a super-hero, especially, en passant, among blacks which proves tricky in the apartheid years.Peekay's prowess acadmically and in boxing is sometimes, perhaps, over the top. In fact the story sometimes borders on the allegorical.This reviewer fears the book leaves the reader with the impression that all Afrikaners were feeble-minded Nazis. While significant numbers were, there was a significant number who were compassionate and civilised.This is a memorable book that will live long in the mind.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ the end came too quickly
*by A***E on February 22, 2015*

I enjoyed the imagery, the 3 dimensional characters, I could see each painted picture in my mind clearly. I dislike boxing and savagery but enjoyed the book immensely. I guess we all read what we are meant to read when we are ready!

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