KESEY Ken
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
Warsaw 1981, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, pp. 294, [1]; format 11x18.5 cm
First Polish edition!
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is Ken Kesey's 1962 novel about enslavement and the longing for freedom.
Kesey portrayed electroshock therapy and lobotomy treatments in the book. It was originally staged as a play, and in 1975 a film adaptation of the novel, with the same title, was premiered by Miloš Forman. In 2005, the American weekly Time listed One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest on its list of the 100 best English-language novels.
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BDB-/ BAD condition Piece.
