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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100394575202
ISBN-139780394575209
eBay Product ID (ePID)158838
Product Key Features
Book TitlePower of One
Publication Year1989
TopicWar & Military, General
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
AuthorBryce Courtenay
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight31.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN88-029684
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"The Power of Onehas everything: suspense, the exotic, violence; mysticism, psychology and magic; schoolboy adventures, drama in the boxing ring." The New York Times
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SynopsisIn 1939, hatred took root in South Africa, where the seeds of apartheid were newly sown. There a boy called Peekay was born. He spoke the wrong languageEnglish. He was nursed by a woman of the wrong colorblack. His childhood was marked by humiliation and abandonment. Yet he vowed to survivehe would become welterweight champion of the world, he would dream heroic dreams. But his dreams were nothing compared to what awaited him. For he embarked on an epic journey, where he would learn the power of words, the power to transform lives, and the mystical power that would sustain him even when it appeared that villainy would rule the world: The Power of One., In 1939, hatred took root in South Africa, where the seeds of apartheid were newly sown. There a boy called Peekay was born. He spoke the wrong language-English. He was nursed by a woman of the wrong color-black. His childhood was marked by humiliation and abandonment. Yet he vowed to survive-he would become welterweight champion of the world, he would dream heroic dreams. But his dreams were nothing compared to what awaited him. For he embarked on an epic journey, where he would learn the power of words, the power to transform lives, and the mystical power that would sustain him even when it appeared that villainy would rule the world: The Power of One.