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On the Road
Introduction by Ann Charters
The novel that defined the Beat
generation, this exuberant tale of Sal
Paradise and Dean Moriarty traversing
the United States swings to the rhythms of
the 1950s.
352 pp. 978-0-14-243725-4 $16.00
See The Portable Beat Reader.
ken kesey
1935 – 2001, american
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Foreword by Chuck Palahniuk
Introduction by Robert Faggen
Cover art by Joe Sacco
A foreword by Chuck Palahniuk and
visually arresting cover art by Joe Sacco
make this deluxe edition of One Flew Over
the Cuckoo’s Nest a must-have for every
Kesey enthusiast.
320 pp. 978-0-14-310502-2 $16.00
Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
140 Penguin ClassiCs
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Preface and Illustrations by the Author and
an Introduction by Robert Faggen
Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately
shattering, Ken Kesey’s unforgettable
story of a mental ward and its inhabitants
is the seminal novel of the 1960s and a
counterculture classic.
320 pp. 978-0-14-118122-6 $15.00
See The Portable Sixties Reader and
The Portable Western Reader.
Sometimes a Great Notion
Introduction by Charles Bowden
Ken Kesey’s breathtaking second novel
is hailed by Charles Bowden in his
introduction to this edition as “one of
the few essential books written by an
American in the last half century.” It is
a wild-spirited tale about a bitter strike
raging through a small lumber town along
the Oregon coast.
656 pp. 978-0-14-303986-0 $17.00
søren kierkegaard
1813 – 1855, Danish
Either/Or
A Fragment of Life
Translated and Abridged with an
Introduction and Notes by Alastair Hannay
The first major work by the precursor of
existentialism examines the philosophical
choice between aesthetic and romantic life
versus ethical and domestic life, and offers
profound observations on the meaning
ken kesey
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 Cuckoo’s
Nest, his first novel, was published in 1962, and his second novel, Sometimes a
Great Notion, followed in 1964. His other books include Kesey’s Garage Sale,
Demon Box, Caverns (with O. U. Levon), The Further Inquiry, Sailor Song, and
Last Go Round (with Ken Babbs). His two children’s books are Little Trickster the
Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear and The Sea Lion. Kesey died in 2001.