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February 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of one of America’s great entertainment events with a new edition rolling off the presses. Six copies of the original are available in the Albuquerque public library system, along with film versions and audio recordings.
Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” (Penguin) 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. So writes the publisher. “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.” -- Copyright©Penguin
Wrote the Library Journal:”Critics are divided on the meaning of the book: Is it a tale of good vs. evil, sanity over insanity, or humankind trying to overcome repression amid chaos? Whichever, it is a great read.”
Examiner confesses seeing the 1975 motion picture of the same title starring Jack Nicholson before reading the novel. Both are highly recommended.
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