Zbor deasupra unui cuib de cuci (Top 10)

Ken Kesey’s novel follows patients in a mental hospital. Head nurse Ratched uses fear to control the ward. She backs harsh forms of treatment. These include electroshock therapy and lobotomy. Randle Patrick McMurphy is unruly. He alone stands up to her. Their clash becomes a fight against cruel rule.

Chief Bromden tells the story. He too is a patient. He is a large Native American man. Seen through his eyes, the fight takes on the scale of myth. The book is a work of modern fiction.

Marcel Cornis-Pope translated this Top 10+ edition. He turned the English text into Romanian. The novel also became a film. Miloš Forman directed it. Jack Nicholson and Michael Berryman are in the cast. So are Peter Brocco and Louise Fletcher.