One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

A cult novel that ranks among the hundred most read according to "Times." Published in the sixties, during a vibrant time of a new generation's protest against greed, depersonalization, wars, and violence. Liberalism against traditionalism, individuality against customs. The novel... astonishes with its depth, stirs emotions, and makes one ponder life, justice, the system and its infallibility, the boundaries between madness and normality, freedom, will, and choice. A must-read. Also, watch the film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" starring Jack Nicholson in the main role. Numerous plays have also been staged based on the novel in various countries, including Russia. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is a raw and devastatingly honest portrayal of the boundaries between sanity and madness. "If anyone wants to feel the pulse of our time, let them read Kesey. And if everything goes well and the order of things does not change, he will be read in the next century as well," wrote in the "Los Angeles Times." Indeed, even today, the book continues to live on and does not lose its crazy popularity.