One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Like many loud events associated with the name of the cheerful prankster Ken Kesey, his first book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1962 caused a lot of noise in the literary life of America. Kesey was recognized as an... exceptionally talented writer, and the novel became one of the main works for the beatniks and hippies. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a raw and devastatingly honest depiction of the boundaries between sanity and madness. If anyone wants to feel the pulse of our time, they should 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 today the book continues to live on and does not lose its crazy popularity. Based on the novel, a film of the same name was directed by Milos Forman in 1975, conquering the whole world and winning five Oscars. Many plays have also been staged in different countries, including Russia.