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The Power of One is a novel by South African born, Australian author Bryce Courtenay, first published in 1989.Set in South Africa during the 1930s and 1940s, it tells the story of an English boy, who through the course of the story, acquires the name of Peekay.
- Bryce Courtenay
- 1989
Mar 27, 1992 · A 1992 movie based on a novel by Bryce Courtenay, starring Stephen Dorff and Morgan Freeman. It tells the story of a white orphan who learns to box and challenges the apartheid system in South Africa.
- (11K)
- Drama, Sport
- John G. Avildsen
- 1992-03-27
The Power of One is a 1992 drama film directed and edited by John G. Avildsen, loosely based on Bryce Courtenay's 1989 novel of the same title. The film stars Stephen Dorff, John Gielgud, Morgan Freeman, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Daniel Craig in his feature film debut.
Jan 1, 1989 · The power of one was based on the courage to remain separate, to think through to the truth, and not to be beguiled by convention or the plausible arguments of those who expect to maintain power. I love when I fall in love with a book that appears to be about a subject I don’t generally feel any enthusiasm for. In this case, that would be boxing.
- (89.2K)
- Paperback
- Bryce Courtenay
Sep 29, 1996 · “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 ...
- Bryce Courtenay
- $9.99
- Ballantine Books
The novel follows Peekay, a white South African boy, from age five to seventeen, as he faces racism, abuse, and injustice. He develops a passion for boxing and a sense of \"the power of one\" to fight for his dreams and his friends.
Learn about Peekay, a young boy who grows up in apartheid-era South Africa and fights against racism and oppression. Find a plot summary, character analysis, quotes, and themes of this novel by Bryce Courtenay.
