Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780140283341ISBN:014028334X
Description: Very Good. 014028334X Exceptionally nice **Softcover**--Exactly as pictured-not an earlier edition-EXACT ISBN MATCH--cover has very minor shelf wear at tips of corners only. No Spine Creasing, No personalizations, No marks in the text at all. Tight and well bound. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780140283341ISBN:014028334X
Description: Very Good. 014028334X Earlier Penguin trade paperback same content exactly-Aside from newer introduction/afterward, original text has never changed, Standard Used Condition, different cover, No writing or Highlighting, some spine creases, age tan though holding together well, sold for content. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date published: 1999-10-01
ISBN-13:9780140283341ISBN:014028334X
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780140283341ISBN:014028334X
Description: Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century. Ex-library book, no dust jacket, underlining/highlighting present, name/personal greeting inside cover, stained edges, corners damaged, water damage, writing on edge of book, no cd, ugly but readable, Giving great service since 2004: Buy from the Best! 4, 000, 000 items shipped to delighted customers. We have 1, 000, 000 unique items ready to ship! Find your Great Buy today! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP
Date published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780140283341ISBN:014028334X
Description: New. An international bestseller, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest defined the 1960s era of ever-widening perspectives and ominous repressive forces. Full of mischief, insight, and pathos, Kesey's powerful story of a mental ward and its inhabit... read more
Binding: Paper Back
Publisher: Penguin USA, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780140283341ISBN:014028334X
Description: New. One of the "Great Books of the 20th Century" series by Penguin; new trade paperback with special fold-over cover with end flaps. read more
Edition: First Edition Thus
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, New York
Date published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780140283341ISBN:014028334X
Description: Very Good Binding. 014028334x Signed Not Ex-Libary Signed by author on title page. No pencil or ink markings in text. Paper binding. Very light edgewear to extremities. Digital pictures of book available upon request. read more
"When I read this, I was a Psych nurse in a large state hospital in southern CA where some of the patients had been subjected to frontal lobotomies (long before I worked there-thank you). Some were like walking emotionless robots bearing the scars on their foreheads. It was such a barbaric practice as were the ice water baths & induced insulin shock. This book and the resultant movie disturbed me & were not easily forgotten. Some "treatments" that have been done in the name of medicine continue to appall & infuriate me."
"Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a whirlwind of eccentricity and brilliance. In a plot that is completely character-driven, Kesey skillfully manipulates stock characters to reflect on larger ideas regarding the individual and his place in society (both on the ward, and at large). The evolution of character and self - highlighted by the "reality" of life on their ward - is fascinating; Kesey attempts to prove that insanity is a product of contemporary culture, and that reality is not as fixed as those in power would have the masses believe. I am currently teaching this novel in an introductory-level English class, and it has proved to be through-provoking and inspiring - even to students who otherwise have no interest in reading novels. This is a novel everyone should read at least once."
"An excellent book, a must-read for anyone interested in psychology. The ending is not a barrel of laughs, though, and it's pretty dark at some points. I took off one star because I was really confused about the white fog the Indian kept seeing; that just didn't make sense to me. Maybe it was foreshadowing, but I was a little bit lost there.
I loved this book because it reminded me EXACTLY of the first treatment center I ever went to; when I was at Klarman, I was the crazy redhead plotting against the big nurse. There were wins and losses, just like in the book. Very true to life, with vivid descriptions and imagery."
"Randle Patrick McMurphy might just be the greatest character in the history of literature.
As the central figure to Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, McMurphy's flawed charm explodes off the page in his battle against the dreaded Nurse Ratched, a stiff, tyrannical woman who uses subtle means (such as shame in group therapy sessions) to control mental patients without them realizing they're being controlled at all. Set in an all-male mental health facility, the novel is told through the eyes of Chief Bromden, a large Columbian Indian who pretends to be deaf and dumb. As he sweeps and mops the facility, he has a greater insight (due to overheard conversations) as to what is happening around him. With the help of other nurses, orderlies and aides, Nurse Ratched easily rules the hospital until McMurphy shows up.
Faking insanity to get out prison for a battery charge, McMurphy immediately begins upsetting Nurse Ratched's routines, embroiling the two in a power struggle. As an upbeat character in an otherwise downer of a place, McMurphy easily convinces the other residents-including the stuttering Billy Bibbit, the effeminate Dale Harding and the germaphobic George Sorenson-to gamble, to vote to watch the World Series on TV, to take a fishing trip and to start questioning the demands of the hospital staff. McMurphy is a strong but flawed character; one who, at times, struggles with the expectations he has manipulated and the consequences he has brought about.
I've never seen the movie, I don't care much for Ken Kesey as a person, but One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest stands as one of the great American novels. Kesey's prose is searing, a page turner that stands above page turners. Climaxing to a heartbreaking yet redeeming finish, the novel transcends past the character of McMurphy to echo the importance of freedom in seemingly hopeless situations. Five stars.
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