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The Power of One: Young Readers' Condensed Edit 1 review
Bryce Courtenay
Laurel Leaf, 2007
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AN EXCELLENT BOOK
Like the Kite Runner, this is a great come "full circle" book. Hard to put down. You will not be disappointed.
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Tommo and Hawk (Potato Factory Trilogy) 9 reviews
Bryce Courtenay
Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 1999
The best storyteller since Hemmingway
Tommo & Hawk continues the story started in the Potato Factory. It further adds to the contention that Bryce Courtenay is the best storyteller since Hemmingway. His depiction of 19th century Tasmania is a triumph. Not only can you feel and almost smell what the characters are experiencing, but his tale is gripping. Whereas The Power of One and Tandia were more on the high brow end of the ...
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The Power of One
Bryce Courtenay
Penguin Books Ltd, 1998
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Tandia 66 reviews
Bryce Courtenay
Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 1998
It feels bad when its over..great writer.
This is an author I hate to start reading. He is no lover of happy endings. He is so great an author it feels bad when its over. It feels as though your mother just left you at the nursery school door and you are five years old. So forlorn.
Mama come back I am forlorn because this book has ended. Yes he is a glorious writer.
Bryce Courtenay writes books that make such an impression. ...
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The Power of One: A Novel367 reviews
Bryce Courtenay
Ballantine Books, 1996
Inspiring
I just happened upon this book at the bookstore, one of the employees highly recommended it to me. It was magical; the writing was to me reminiscient of the works of Mark Twain. I am a history buff so the fact that it it takes place in South Africa during World War II was a plus to me. The only (slight) criticism I have is that it is a very long book (500+ pages) and I have a bit of ADD. This ...
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Tandia
Bryce Courtenay
Penguin Books Ltd, 2007
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Brother Fish
Bryce Courtenay
Penguin, 2004
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The Persimmon Tree1 review
Bryce Courtenay
Viking, 2007
As good as 'The Power of One'
Wonderful story. I had become somewhat disillusioned with Bryce Courtenay over the past few years. Brother Fish, Whitethorn and Sylvia were all average reads. For this reason, I hesitated in buying 'The Persimmon Tree'. I was seduced by the cover however, and luckily so. The Persimmon Tree is as fine a novel as 'The Power of One'. It combines history, evocative surroundings and an engaging ...
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Jessica20 reviews
Bryce Courtenay
Penguin Books Ltd, 2000
A Sweeping Australian Saga
I absolutely loved this book from Bryce Courtenay. I love all his work but this one is perhaps my favourite. I actually had received my copy of Jessica from a friend living in Australia a few years ago but never had the chance to read it until recently when I heard from several other friends from Australia that a mini-series was aired on television there based on this novel. They raved about it ...
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The potato factory: A novel31 reviews
Bryce Courtenay
W.H.A, 1995
A Big, Juicy, Wonderful Novel
I don't go anywhere without a book, so when I visited Australia this summer, I brought along enough reading matter to supply a small library. However, realizing that I was unfamiliar with Australian culture and history, I asked several Aussie acquaintances to recommend some good novels about Australia. All of them mentioned THE POTATO FACTORY, the first book of an Australian trilogy by Bryce ...
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The Potato Factory2 reviews
Bryce Courtenay
Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 1998
THE POTATO FACTORY
PURE BRYCE COURTENAY. ANOTHER EPIC ABOUT THE STRUGGLES OF LIFE AND THE WILL TO PERSEVERE AND NEVER GIVE UP. IF YOU'VE READ THE POWER OF ONE, YOU'LL LOVE THIS BOOK. COURTENAY SHOULD BE BETTER KNOWN IN THE GOOD OLD USA
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The Night Country
Bryce Courtenay
Viking Australia, 1998
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Solomon's Song1 review
Bryce Courtenay
Penguin Books, 2006
Fabulous Author--its really 3.5 stars
First, anything by this author is great. My concern with him is he is divorced from a happy ending so I feel emotionally battered after reading his books. Its an experience and there has been growth but its isnt a feel good experience.
This was the last book of a trilogy. The first two books were devastastingly good. This was not as good as the first two. The beginning of this book ...
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April Fool's Day: A Modern Love Story39 reviews
Bryce Courtenay
Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997
A challenge
APRIL FOOL'S DAY was the hardest book Bryce Courtenay ever wrote, and it's also one of the hardest books I ever read. I started it (the first time) on a Friday evening and did nothing but read (and occasionally try to sleep) until I had finished it -- I couldn't imagine stepping out of the middle of the story into my own life. I've read this book, given it away, bought it again, several times: ...
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Matthew Flinders' Cat 5 reviews
Bryce Courtenay
McArthur & Company, 2004
A must read.
What a beautifully written and compelling book. Reading this was a genuine 'I can't put it down' experience. Courtney tells the tale of an ex-lawyer turned to alcoholism after a family tragedy, living on the streets of Sydney, Australia. His struggle with his demons, and with his compassionate soul is portrayed in an immensively readable and, for me, emotional manner. Several times while reading ...
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The Power of One (Young Reader's Edition)6 reviews
Bryce Courtenay
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2005
A powerful story of courage and change
If Bryce Courtenay's The Power Of One sounds familiar, it's because this represents a young reader's condensed edition of a prior hard-hitter which became both an adult classic and an acclaimed movie of the same name. It's great to see such a powerful novel condensed with youth in mind: grades 8-12 will find compelling the story of 1930s South Africa and a boy who faces apartheid and prejudice in ...
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SYLVIA3 reviews
Bryce Courtenay
McArthur & Company, 2007
4.5 Star review
I love historical fiction, and I absolutely adored this tale by Mr. Courtenay
Sylvia is a passionate story of a down trodden girl who, through trials and travels, learn who she is and what she is truly capable of.
This tale can be - at times - confronting and sad, but it is also a tale of triumph and belief.
Sylvia is a story anyone who enjoys historical fiction will enjoy - of that I ...
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