Over the cuckoo's nest
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Like many high-profile events associated with the name of the "merry prankster" Ken Kesey, his first book "Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1962) made a lot of noise in the literary life of America.
Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) made a lot of noise in American literary life. Keesey
was recognized as a gifted writer, and the novel became one of the major
for beatniks and hippies.
"Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is a raw and devastatingly honest
depiction of the boundaries between sanity and madness. "If anyone
"want to feel the pulse of our time, read Keesey. "And if everything goes on
well and the order of things does not change, he will be read in the next
"the next century," the Los Angeles Times said. Indeed,
and in our days the book continues to live and does not lose its crazy popularity.
Based on the novel, a movie of the same name was made (directed by Milos Forman, 1975), which conquered the whole world and won five Oscars. It has also been staged many plays in different countries, including Russia.
Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) made a lot of noise in American literary life. Keesey
was recognized as a gifted writer, and the novel became one of the major
for beatniks and hippies.
"Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is a raw and devastatingly honest
depiction of the boundaries between sanity and madness. "If anyone
"want to feel the pulse of our time, read Keesey. "And if everything goes on
well and the order of things does not change, he will be read in the next
"the next century," the Los Angeles Times said. Indeed,
and in our days the book continues to live and does not lose its crazy popularity.
Based on the novel, a movie of the same name was made (directed by Milos Forman, 1975), which conquered the whole world and won five Oscars. It has also been staged many plays in different countries, including Russia.
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