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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel by Ken Kesey published in 1962. 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. It was adapted into the Broadway play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Dale Wasserman in 1963. Bo Goldman adapted the novel into a 1975 film of…
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A Story of Freedom, Power, and Self-Opression One of my all-time favorite books, which I can warmly recommend to just about anyone living in our repressive society, is this highly acclaimed novel by Ken Kesey. Though it was written in the sixties, and it is set in a mental hospital of that time, it deals with issues that reach far beyond the confines of a psych ward. It examines the ideas of freedom, power, coercion…More
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