One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Description

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel written by Ken Kesey. Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the narrative serves as a study of institutional processes and the human mind; including a critique of psychiatry, and a tribute to individualistic principles

Excerpt

They're out there.

Description

Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the struggle 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 awesome powers that keep them all imprisoned. This edition includes a new forward by Kesey, a new text introduction by Robert Faggan, and line drawings the author made when writing the book, many never before published. --back cover

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Series Statement

• Penguin Classics

Other Editions

• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestPaperbackPenguin2003-01-01
• One flew over the cuckoo's nestSignet1962-01-01
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestHardcoverMethuen & Co1962-01-01
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestSignet1964-01-01
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestSignet1969-09-01
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestMass Market PaperbackPenguin Putnam~mass1976-01-01