April 12, 2024
RARE Edition SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION Ken Kesey MODERN
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All the books we auction are unique, rare and scarce . Most are 1 st Editions or early copies. We deal with books, ideas and writers of substance. Why pay $30 for a new book with no real value intellectually, spiritually or financially — when you can hold a true literary treasure. Sometimes a Great Notionby Ken Kesey 1964 - RARE Reprint Edition Very SCARCE no price on DJ His 2nd Book & His Greatest (Magnum Opus) Viking.. VG+ book has mild edge wear, rubbing, and surface flaws. Interior is clean and tight. A solid collectible copy.Sometimes a Great Notion is Ken Kesey's second novel, published in 1964. While 1962's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was arguably the more famous of the two novels, many critics consider Sometimes a Great Notion Kesey's magnum opus. The story involves an Oregon family of loggers who cut and procure trees for a local mill in opposition to striking, unionized workers.Sometimes a Great Notion is more rooted in realism than Kesey's previous work, the phenomenally successful One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, but is also more experimental. It has been compared to William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! in both form and content.Initial reviews of the book ran to both extremes, but its reputation has aged well. Charles Bowden calls it "one of the few essential books written by an American in the last half century.
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