Paperback
Romanian language
Published Sept. 15, 2013 by Polirom.
Zbor deasupra unui cuib de cuci, romanul care a lăsat urme de neșters în literatura contemporană, este povestea zguduitoare a paciențlor dintr-un ospiciu condus cu mână de fier de sora-șefă Ratched, adepta unor metode de tratament barbare, precum electroșocurile și lobotomia. Singurul care i se opune este scandalagiul Randle Patrick McMurphy, simbolul revoltei împotriva autorității tiranice. Prin ochii altui pacient, șeful Bromden, un indian uriaș, asistăm la încleștarea dintre cei doi, care capătă proporții aproape mitologice.
Source: back cover
I get why there was a fuss and it became a classic, and it is well enough written that I finished it. I just didn’t find it that great a book, and although interesting it wasn’t really for me. Literarily valuable perhaps and worthy of consideration as a thing of its time and for a view of how people are, yes, but nothing to rave about - rather like Catcher in the Rye.
This book was quite an amazing read. I loved following the adventures of McMurphy as he bucked against the system and tried to help those around him. Seeing through the eyes of Bromden with his psychedelic descriptions were like watching a Tom and Jerry cartoon and really made this story enjoyable.
Ken Kesey wrote an absolutely perfect story, the plot grips you asking what McMurphy will dare next, written from a perspective that happily contextualizes and compares the exploits of McMurphy, until the very end. This is a must read book for anyone interested psychiatry and a tribute to Ken Kesey's literary power.
