<Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> 320 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> OCLC </Th> <Td> 37505041 </Td> </Tr> <P> One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) is a novel written by Ken Kesey . Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the narrative serves as a study of the institutional processes and the human mind as well as a critique of behaviorism and a celebration of humanistic principles . It was adapted into the broadway (and later off - broadway) play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Dale Wasserman in 1963 . Bo Goldman adapted the novel into a 1975 film directed by Miloš Forman, which won five Academy Awards . </P> <P> Time magazine included the novel in its "100 Best English - language Novels from 1923 to 2005" list . In 2003 the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's 200 "best - loved novels ." </P>

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