{"product_id":"one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-text-and-criticism-revised-edition-9780140236019","title":"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Text and Criticism; Revised Edition","description":"\"Powerful, poetic realism...makes the tired old subject of life in a mental hospital into an absorbing Orwellian microcosm of all humanity.\"\u003cb\u003e--Life\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cp\u003eAn international bestseller and the basis for a hugely successful film, \u003cb\u003eKen Kesey\u003c\/b\u003e's \u003cb\u003eOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cb\u003eOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/b\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Kesey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140236019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e8667 \/ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/08\/2008 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKen Kesey\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1935 and grew up in Oregon. He graduated from the University of Oregon and later studied at Stanford with Wallace Stegner, Malcolm Cowley, Richard Scowcroft, and Frank O' Connor. \u003cb\u003eOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/b\u003e, his first novel, was published in 1962. His second novel, \u003cb\u003eSometimes a Great Notion\u003c\/b\u003e, followed in 1964. His other books include \u003cb\u003eKesey's Garage Sale\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eDemon Box\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eCaverns\u003c\/b\u003e (with O. U. Levon), \u003cb\u003eThe Further Inquiry\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSailor Song\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eLast Go Round\u003c\/b\u003e (with Ken Babbs). His two children's books are \u003cb\u003eLittle Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe Sea Lion\u003c\/b\u003e. Ken Kesey died on November 10, 2001.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44279180099699,"sku":"9.78014E+12","price":37.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_fcd60e07-9f9f-4085-a907-2d856968037a.jpg?v=1770470199","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-text-and-criticism-revised-edition-9780140236019","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}