The Power of One: A Novel (Ran

The Power of One: A Novel

Paperback. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. %u201CThe Power of One has everything: suspense, the exotic, violence; mysticism, psychology and magic; schoolboy adventures, drama.%u201D %u2013The New York Times %u201CUnabashedly uplifting . . . asserts forcefully what all of us would like to believe: that the individual, armed with the spirit of independence%u2013%u2018the power of one%u2019%u2013can prevail.%u201D %u2013Cleveland 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%u2013which 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. %u201CTotally 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.%u201D %u2013Los Angeles Times Book Review %u201CMarvelous . . . 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.%u201D %u2013The Washington Post Book World %u201CImpressive.%u201D %u2013Newsday %u201CA compelling tale.%u201D %u2013The Christian Science Monitor Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Significant damage due to wetness. Boards are moderate to severely edgeworn. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 123796178

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