/lit/ - Literature

>this book
Your thoughts on it? I could not stand the prose for the first few pages, but then the writer suddenly became literate.

This is fantastic

Can anyone provide the setting of Ken Kesey's book, "One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest"?
Where and when?
How do you know?
how sure can you be?
and also how important is the place to understanding the character, plot, or theme? does the place and time matter?

In my AP English class in high school, we were given the option of picking a book off a pre-made list. Being an intellectual in high school can drive one to the brink of insanity, and given that most of "the smart kids" are just obedient workers with a terrible sense of humor, the title and synopsis appealed to me immediately. It was the first book I stayed up late to read. Never before, and never since, had a book ever so accurately described how I felt in public school. The prose alone is fantastic as well.

From here I was eventually led to the runner up, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, which truly helped me in the philosophical and attitudinal sense. Kesey, the Pranksters, the Grateful Dead, Owsley... It's all so damn interesting. And Tom Wolfe's writing style blew my mind right the fuck open. He's partly what inspired me to start writing.

Sup /lit/ Up for some literary criticism?
The work in question is Kesey's best known work (see picture). Its a rather easy read with lots to pick at and expound upon. This article I am writing is essentially a perspective of the novel as rejection to second wave feminism. I'm interested in seeing how you all interpret this.

Thoughts?

Bump with another good one

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

What do you guys think of it?

I wish I could read it again for the first time.

one flew over the cuckoos nest so far it is amazing

Thoughts? About to read it for school.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: a harrowing warning/prophecy of the dangers of a matriarchal society.