Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey (English) Paperback Book

Description: Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey, Charles Bowden The magnificent second novel from the legendary author of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"Following the astonishing success of his first novel, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," Ken Kesey wrote what Charles Bowden calls "one of the few essential books written by an American in the last half century." This wild-spirited tale tells of a bitter strike that rages through a small lumber town along the Oregon coast. Bucking that strike out of sheer cussedness are the Stampers. Out of the Stamper family's rivalries and betrayals Ken Kesey has crafted a novel with the mythic impact of Greek tragedy. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The magnificent second novel from the legendary author of One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Following the astonishing success of his first novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Ken Kesey wrote what Charles Bowden calls "one of the few essential books written by an American in the last half century." This wild-spirited tale tells of a bitter strike that rages through a small lumber town along the Oregon coast. Bucking that strike out of sheer cussedness are the Stampers. Out of the Stamper familys rivalries and betrayals Ken Kesey has crafted a novel with the mythic impact of Greek tragedy.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Author Biography Ken Kesey was born in 1935 and grew up in Oregon. He graduated from the University of Oregon and later studied at Stanford with Wallace Stegner, Malcolm Cowley, Richard Scowcroft, and Frank O Connor. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, his first novel, was published in 1962. His second novel, Sometimes a Great Notion, followed in 1964. His other books include Keseys Garage Sale, Demon Box, Caverns (with O. U. Levon), The Further Inquiry, Sailor Song, and Last Go Round (with Ken Babbs). His two childrens books are Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear and The Sea Lion. Ken Kesey died on November 10, 2001.Charles Bowdens is the author of Inferno and A Shadow in the City: Confessions of an Undercover Drug Warrior. Review "As in Cuckoos Nest, Kesey brings to life people you will never forget . . . Getting into this book is getting into a fascinating, crazy world of a fascinating, crazy family which has a throbbing reality and a desperate dedication to living . . . and then there is that great gift for comedy, for purely sensational writing. When Kesey describes the Canada honkers flying over the woods you can almost see them; when he describes the smells of the grass and the tastes of the strawberries you feel and you smell and you taste." --Ralph J. Gleason, San Francisco Chronicle "Sometimes a Great Notion, a big book in every way, captures the tenor of the post-Korea America as nothing I can remember reading . . . Beyond the PTA and the beer commercials, beyond the huge effluvium of the times, exist people who live by the ancient passions, and Mr. Kesey in the fullness of his material discovers them for us." --The New York Times Book Review "A tremendous achievement . . . Set against the damp and brutal background of an Oregon logging community, the book by turns gasps, pants, whoops, and shrieks . . . you cannot help but admire Keseys vigor, his profligate command of the language. And you have to stand back in awe of the mans ability to create character." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer Long Description The magnificent second novel from the legendary author of "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest" and "Sailor Song" is a wild-spirited and hugely powerful tale of an Oregon logging clan. A bitter strike is raging in a small lumber town along the Oregon coast. Bucking that strike out of sheer cussedness are the Stampers: Henry, the fiercely vital and overpowering patriarch; Hank, the son who has spent his life trying to live up to his father; and Viv, who fell in love with Hanks exuberant machismo but now finds it wearing thin. And then there is Leland, Henrys bookish younger son, who returns to his family on a mission of vengeance - and finds himself fulfilling it in ways he never imagined. Out of the Stamper familys rivalries and betrayals Ken Kesey has crafted a novel with the mythic impact of Greek tragedy. Review Quote "As in Cuckoos Nest , Kesey brings to life people you will never forget . . . Getting into this book is getting into a fascinating, crazy world of a fascinating, crazy family which has a throbbing reality and a desperate dedication to living . . . and then there is that great gift for comedy, for purely sensational writing. When Kesey describes the Canada honkers flying over the woods you can almost see them; when he describes the smells of the grass and the tastes of the strawberries you feel and you smell and you taste." --Ralph J. Gleason, San Francisco Chronicle Details ISBN0143039865 Author Charles Bowden Short Title SOMETIMES A GRT NOTION Series Penguin Classics Language English ISBN-10 0143039865 ISBN-13 9780143039860 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Year 2006 Residence OR, US Birth 1935 Death 2001 DOI 10.1604/9780143039860 Place of Publication New York, NY Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2006-08-29 NZ Release Date 2006-08-29 US Release Date 2006-08-29 UK Release Date 2006-08-29 Pages 736 Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc Publication Date 2006-08-29 Imprint Penguin USA Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:43648317;

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