One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest : Revised Edition

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Rebellion meets oppression in a mental institution.

This book is a classic for a reason, portraying the unforgettable struggle of McMurphy against the tyrannical Big Nurse and the corrupt mental institutions. A must-read for fans of thought-provoking and socially critical literature.

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest : Revised Edition

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ISBN: 9780140236019
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 1996-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 4.2
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"Powerful, poetic realism...makes the tired old subject of life in a mental hospital into an absorbing Orwellian microcosm of all humanity."—Life.An international bestseller and the basis for a hugely successful film, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was one of the defining works of the 1960s. This Viking Critical Library edition is accompanied by essays, discussion topics, a chronology, and a bibliography.A mordant, wickedly subversive parable set in a mental ward, the novel chronicles the head-on collision between its hell-raising, life-affirming hero Randle Patrick McMurphy and the totalitarian rule of Big Nurse. McMurphy swaggers into the mental ward like a blast of fresh air and turns the place upside down, starting a gambling operation, smuggling in wine and women, and egging on the other patients to join him in open rebellion. But McMurphy's revolution against Big Nurse and everything she stands for quickly turns from sport to a fierce power struggle with shattering results.With One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Kesey created a work without precedent in American literature, a novel at once comic and tragic that probes the nature of madness and sanity, authority and vitality. Greeted by unanimous acclaim when it was first published, the book has become and enduring favorite of readers.
 

Rebellion meets oppression in a mental institution.

This book is a classic for a reason, portraying the unforgettable struggle of McMurphy against the tyrannical Big Nurse and the corrupt mental institutions. A must-read for fans of thought-provoking and socially critical literature.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.