One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is the seminal novel of the 1960s that has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the struggle through the eyes of Chief Bromden, the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the awesome powers that keep them all imprisoned. ^[1] 

肯· 克西(Ken Kesey)生於1935年，2001年患肝癌逝世，享年66歲。肯·克西自幼體格強壯，喜好運動，尤擅長摔跤，為此獲獎學金進入俄勒岡大學學習新聞學。1959年到斯坦福大學攻讀寫作學位，自願參加了政府在一所醫院的毒品實驗項目，1963年基於這一體驗出版了長篇小説《飛越瘋人院》而一舉成名。他還在好萊塢影片中出演過次要角色。1990年任教於俄勒岡大學，直至去世。他被稱為嬉皮時代的催生者和見證人，一位嚴肅的小説家，可以同菲力普•羅思和約瑟夫•海勒相提並論。正如1997年垮掉一代宗師金斯堡的離世，肯•克西的去世所留下的空白也無人可以填補。