A fiftieth-anniversary edition of Ken Kesey's searing American
classic.
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.
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