One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
First edition
AuthorKen Kesey
Cover artistPaul Bacon[1]
LanguageEnglish
GenresTragedy
PublisherViking Press & Signet Books
Publication date
February 1, 1962[2]
Publication placeUnited States
Pages320
OCLC37505041

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[3] and a tribute to individualistic principles.[citation needed] It was adapted into the Broadway (and later off-Broadway) play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Dale Wasserman in 1963. Bo Goldman adapted the novel into a 1975 film of the same name directed by Miloš Forman, which won five Academy Awards.

Time magazine included the novel in its "100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005" list.[4] In 2003 the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's 200 "best-loved novels."[5]

  1. ^ "The Covers of Paul Bacon". tumblr.com. Archived from the original on August 1, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  2. ^ Strodder, Chris (2007). The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool. Santa Monica Press. p. 26. ISBN 9781595809865.
  3. ^ "We Are Still Flying Over the Cuckoo's Nest". Psychiatric Times. Vol 31 No 7. 31 (7). July 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  4. ^ "Time 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005". Time. October 16, 2005. Archived from the original on October 19, 2005.
  5. ^ "BBC – The Big Read". BBC. April 2003, Retrieved August 23, 2017