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More copies of this ISBN:Sometimes a Great Notionby Ken Kesey
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Reading Sometimes a Great Notion (I finally made it past the first 100 labyrinthine pages after many failed attempts) had such a profound impact on me; it spoke so directly to my core and to what brought me to the land of big trees and ocean breeze (I'm getting chills just writing this). I believe this book is Kesey's real masterpiece, and is fundamental to understanding the Northwest. Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The magnificent second novel from the legendary author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's 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 Hank's exuberant machismo but now finds it wearing thin. And then there is Leland, Henry's 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 family's rivalries and betrayals Ken Kesey has crafted a novel with the mythic impact of Greek tragedy. Review:"A contemporary classic....This book...and its creator have become part of our consciousness and memory." Chicago Tribune Review:"[Kesey is] an exuberant storyteller....The words flow...in a slangy, spermy, belt-of-bourbon surge, intimate and muscular." Esquire About the AuthorKen Kesey (1935-2001) studied writing as a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. In addition to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Sometimes a Great Notion, he published numerous other works of fiction and nonfiction, including two children's books. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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