One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Ken Kesey

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Author: Ken Kesey
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Book Title
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Author
Ken Kesey
ISBN
9780670023233
Ken Kesey's bracing, inslightful novel about the meaning of madness and the value of self-reliance, and the inspiration for the new Netflix original series RatchedBoisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Turning conventional notions of sanity and insanity on their heads, the novel tells the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the story through the eyes of Chief Bromden, the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the powers that keep them all imprisoned.Hailed upon its publication as "a glittering parable of good and evil" (The New York Times Book Review) and "a roar of protest against middlebrow society's Rules and the invisible Rulers who enforce them" (Time), Kesey's powerful book went on to sell millions of copies and remains as bracing and insightful today as when it was first released. This new deluxe hardcover edition commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the original publication of the novel on February 1, 1962, and will be a must have for any literature lover.Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Ken KeseyPublisher: VikingPublished: 01/19/2012ISBN: 9780670023233Pages: 277Weight: 1.10lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.00dAccelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 8667 / One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestReading Level: 6.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 18
Ken Kesey's bracing, inslightful novel about the meaning of madness and the value of self-reliance, and the inspiration for the new Netflix original series Ratched

Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Turning conventional notions of sanity and insanity on their heads, the novel tells the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the story through the eyes of Chief Bromden, the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the powers that keep them all imprisoned.

Hailed upon its publication as "a glittering parable of good and evil" (The New York Times Book Review) and "a roar of protest against middlebrow society's Rules and the invisible Rulers who enforce them" (Time), Kesey's powerful book went on to sell millions of copies and remains as bracing and insightful today as when it was first released. This new deluxe hardcover edition commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the original publication of the novel on February 1, 1962, and will be a must have for any literature lover.



Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Ken Kesey
Publisher: Viking
Published: 01/19/2012
ISBN: 9780670023233
Pages: 277
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.00d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 8667 / One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Reading Level: 6.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 18
Ken Kesey's bracing, inslightful novel about the meaning of madness and the value of self-reliance, and the inspiration for the new Netflix original series Ratched

Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Turning conventional notions of sanity and insanity on their heads, the novel tells the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the story through the eyes of Chief Bromden, the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the powers that keep them all imprisoned.

Hailed upon its publication as "a glittering parable of good and evil" (The New York Times Book Review) and "a roar of protest against middlebrow society's Rules and the invisible Rulers who enforce them" (Time), Kesey's powerful book went on to sell millions of copies and remains as bracing and insightful today as when it was first released. This new deluxe hardcover edition commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the original publication of the novel on February 1, 1962, and will be a must have for any literature lover.



Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Ken Kesey
Publisher: Viking
Published: 01/19/2012
ISBN: 9780670023233
Pages: 277
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.00d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 8667 / One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Reading Level: 6.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 18