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Like George Orwell and Philip Wylie, Ken Kesey is concerned with man's battle to be himself in a world of increasing controls, the battle of joy and freedom against a society which fosters guilt and shame. His first novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, tells the story of a struggle between a man and a woman for the spirits and hearts of a group of people who have been defeated by the world.
The setting for these defeated lives is a mental institution. The teller of the story, a half-Indian and a long-time inmate, has made the most complete retreat from life of all of them; he will not talk, and he has fooled the staff into thinking he is deaf and dumb. But through his self-imposed protective fog he is an acute observer. His vision of the life around him seems to have a truth which is beyond the definitions of sanity or insanity. To him the world is run by an all-powerful "Combine." The hear of the war, the "Big Nurse," is the chief instrument of evil. She wields her insidious power over the men to destroy their wills and freeze them into mindless obedience.
Into this gray world comes McMurphy, a brawling, gambling man, full of spirit and a glorious lust for life. He is horrified by the docility with which the other men accept the rule of the Big Nurse and decides to fight her on her own terms. The battle begins, for him, as a lark - a way of winning the bets he has made with the men. And then, as he becomes more aware of the terrible dangers in it, and more committed to the others who have come to count on him for their own survival, his decision to go on is a heroic act of sacrifice and compassion.
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Allegories, psychiatric nursing, medical novels, Belletristische Darstellung, Psychiatrische Klinik, Fiction, Psychiatric nurses in fiction, Psychiatric hospital patients in fiction, Psychiatric hospital patients, Psychiatric nurses, Mentally ill, Mentally ill in fiction, Psychiatric hospitals, Oregon in fiction, Psychiatric hospitals in fiction, Classic Literature, psychological fiction, satire, Psychiatric hospital patients -- Fiction, Psychiatric hospitals -- Fiction, Psychiatric nurses -- Fiction, Mentally ill -- Fiction, Oregon -- Fiction, Fiction, psychological, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Large type books, Roman américain, American literature, Friendship, Interpersonal relations, Literary, Classics, Psychological, Kesey, ken, 1935-2001, Criticism and interpretation, Minorities in literature, One flew over the cuckoo's nest (Kesey, Ken), Psychiatric nursing, Medical novels, Belletristische darstellung, Psychiatrische klinik, Classic literature, Psychological fiction, Satire, Psychiatric hospital patients -- fiction, Psychiatric hospitals -- fiction, Psychiatric nurses -- fiction, Mentally ill -- fiction, Oregon -- fictionPlaces
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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Lot nad kukułczym gniazdem
2017, Wydawnictwo Albatros Andrzej Kuryłowicz, Albatros
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2016, Penguin Books
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: En eentje zag ze vliegen
2015, Cossee
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Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou
September 2013, Stock, STOCK
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Nad Kukushkinym Gnezdom (Russian Edition)
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Zbor deasupra unui cuib de cuci
2013, Polirom, Editura Polirom
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2012, Viking
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2012, Viking
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Fei yue du juan wo: One flew over the cuckoo's nest / Ken Kesey
2011, Tai yang she chu ban you xian gong si
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest: Library Edition
Dec 15, 2008, Blackstone Pub
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2008, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2008, Penguin Books, Penguin Books Ltd
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2007, Penguin Classics
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
29 December 2006, HighBridge
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2006, Penguin
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2006, Penguin Books
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September 7, 2006, Highbridge Audio
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Nad kukushkinym gnezdom. Garazhnaia rasprodazha.
2006, Eksmo (M.)
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May 5, 2005, Penguin Books
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
March 2005, Blackstone Audiobooks
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2005-09, Penguin Books
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest: Library Edition
March 2005, Blackstone Audiobooks
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2003, Penguin
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2003, Penguin Books
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2003, Penguin Books
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2002, Viking
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Dec 01, 2002, Blackstone Pub
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1999, Penguin Books
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
October 1999, Tandem Library
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1999, The Easton Press
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
May 01, 1998, Blackstone Pub
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Alguien Volo Sobre el Nido del Cuco
July 1998, Anagrama, Editorial Anagrama
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1997, Blackstone Audiobooks
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1996, Penguin Books
Trade Paperback
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Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou: roman
1995-02, France Loisirs
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1994, Thorndike Press, Thorndike Pr
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1994?, Penguin Books
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1993?, Signet
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Над кукушкиным гнездом
1993, ИПКА "Паблисити" - "Мока"
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1992, Recorded Books, LLC
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Einer flog über das Kuckucksnest
1990-12, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verla, Rowohlt Tb.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Feb 11, 1989, Demco Media, Brand: Demco Media
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Alguien Volo Sobre el Nido del Cuco
Feb 11, 1988, Editorial Seix Barral, S.A.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Text and Criticism
1987, Penguin Books
Paperback
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
November 1986, DH Audio
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Einer flog über das Kuckucksnest
1984-10, Rowohlt
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1977, Viking Press
Hardback
in English
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
June 1976, Viking Press
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Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou
1976, Stock, Livre de Poche
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Alguien voló sobre el nido del cuco
1976, Librería Editorial Argos, S.A., Libreria Editorial Argos
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1976, New American Library
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1976, New American Library, Penguin Putnam~mass
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1976, Picador
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975, New American Library
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1973, Viking Press
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1971-01, Viking Press
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Nov 15, 1963, Perfection Learning
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1963 February, New American Library of Canada
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1962, New American Library for Signet books
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Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou
19xx, Librarie Génerale Française
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel written by Ken Kesey. Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the narrative serves as a study of institutional processes and the human mind; including a critique of psychiatry, and a tribute to individualistic principles
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