One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

A cult novel that is among the hundred most read according to 'The Times'. Released in the sixties, during a vibrant time of protest by a new generation against greed, depersonalization, wars, and violence. Liberalism against traditionalism, individuality against norms.... The novel astonishes with its depth, evokes emotion, and makes one reflect on life, justice, the system and its infallibility, the boundaries of sanity and madness, freedom, will, and choice. A must-read. Also, watch the film 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' starring Jack Nicholson in the leading role. Numerous plays based on the novel have been staged in various countries, including Russia. 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' is a raw and devastatingly honest depiction of the borders between sanity and madness. 'If anyone wants to feel the pulse of our time, let them read Kesey. And if all 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 in our days, the book continues to live on and does not lose its crazy popularity. A new translation was done by the young, talented translator Dmitry Shepelev.