num_pages: 281
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.Cover illustration by Paul Wearing--back cover
language: English
title: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
titlecomplete: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
characters: Nurse Ratched, Dale Harding, Randle Patrick McMurphy, Doctor Spivey, James "Jim" Sefelt, Martini, Scanlon, William "Billy" Bibbit, Chief Bromden, Charles Cheswick, Bruce Fredrickson
genres: American, Mental Health, Literary Fiction, Novels, School, Mental Illness, Literature, Psychology, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 716899
places: Salem, Oregon, Oregon, The United States of America
publisher: Penguin Books