Book reviews: Power of One by Bryce Courtenay 5 Articles

by Megan Pierce

"I wasn't quite sure what death was . . . and I knew that death wasn't as good as life." The year is 1939, and Hitler's radical ideals are spreading rapidly not only through Europe, but in South Africa as well. Peekay, the...read more

by Kate Keith

Largely biographical, The Power of One' is a novel set in South Africa around the start of World War II and in the beginning stages of apartheid. Bryce Courtenay's main character, Peekay, reflects a similar life he himsel...read more

by Geraldine Bivens

Bryce Courtenay's The Power of One is a powerful indictment of hatred and racism in 1930's South Africa. In this novel, the protagonist, Peekay, evolves from an innocent five-year-old to a world-wise young man hardened by...read more

by Bridget N. Watts

The Power of One is a novel by Australian author Bryce Courtenay from 1989 that was later made into a movie of the same title. It tells the story of an English boy called Peekay growing up in South Africa during the 1930s ...read more

by Kimberley Heit

"The Power of One" by best selling Australian author Bryce Courtenay is one of those epic tales that belongs alongside titles like Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" and Charles Dickens "A Tale of Two Cities". It is ...read more