Ken Kesey wrote American fiction about institutions, conformity and people who resist systems that claim to know what is best for them. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is narrated by Chief Bromden, a patient in an Oregon psychiatric hospital whose view of the ward changes after the arrival of the disruptive Randle McMurphy. McMurphy's conflict with Nurse Ratched turns card games, schedules and group therapy into a struggle over authority and self-determination. Sometimes a Great Notion moves to an Oregon logging family whose decision to keep working during a strike brings private loyalties into conflict with the surrounding community. Kesey's fiction is energetic, symbolic and rooted in the American West. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is the key entry point for institutional satire and countercultural fiction, with Chief Bromden's narration making the struggle over authority as much psychological as political. Read more Less
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