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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Part 1) - Ken Kesey (CD)
Title: Title: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Part 1) Author: Ken Kesey Genre: Classics Format: CD Synopsis: "In the early 1960s, fresh out of Stanford's creative writing program, Ken Kesey supported himself by working as an attendant at a psychiatric hospital. It was there that he wrote what became his first novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which Viking released on February 1, 1962. This hardcover edition, which includes new introductions and more than twenty-five line drawings that Kesey made while composing the novel, commemorates the fortieth anniversary of the publication of this American classic." Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, this 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 power of the Combine. 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), this powerful book is as bracing and insightful today as it was in the 1960s. Review: AudioFile Ken Kesey gained invaluable insight into the dynamics of mental institutions by having once worked as a ward attendant; the result of this experience is the contemporary classic. . . Cuckoos Nest. This novel poignantly depicts the lives of patients and staff alike while brilliantly interweaving comedy with dark social commentary. Mark Hammers reading is outstanding in all respects. His characterizations are distinctive and consistently engaging. Space does not allow the proper accolades for Hammers performance; suffice it to say, this rendering builds a strong case for acknowledging Hammer as one of the finest interpreters of our day. s.l.d. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner AudioFile, Portland, Maine