Sometimes a Great Notion

Name: Sometimes a Great Notion
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.38 (8 reviews)
Author: Ken Kesey
ISBN: 9781449814540

Author: Ken Kesey

Narrator: Tom Stechschulte

Unabridged: 30 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/04/2011

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

A literary icon sometimes seen as a bridge between the Beat Generation and the hippies, Ken Kesey scored an unexpected hit with his first novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. His successful follow-up, Sometimes a Great Notion was also transformed into a major motion picture, directed by and starring Paul Newman. Here, Oregon's Stamper family does what it can to survive a bitter strike dividing their tiny logging community. And as tensions rise, delicate family bonds begin to fray and unravel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vit on February 15, 2024

Sometimes a Great Notion is very polyphonic, the story is narrated by many… The novel is a wicked and extravagant black comedy cleverly disguised as a family and social drama. Look… Reality is greater than the sum of its parts, also a damn sight holier. And the lives of such stuff as dreams are mad......more

Goodreads review by Oriana on June 15, 2011

after reading: Oh my. Oh my goodness what an incredible book. Absolutely stunning. Sometimes A Great Notion (which, btw, gets its title from the Ledbelly song "Goodnight Irene") is the story of the Stamper family, renegade loggers in Oregon in maybe the fifties. It's an incredible family—Henry, the......more

Goodreads review by Lostinanovel on August 25, 2008

I didn’t want to read this one. Its long. Its by some acidhead hippie. Its only famous because Kesey is famous. He has fans because of his lifestyle, not his literary merit. Its about a group of loggers on strike? Ugh, sounds boring. But I gave it a shot and was blown away…. The storyline didn’t grab......more

Goodreads review by adam on March 07, 2007

Hands down the most underappreciated American novel ever! I think it should be up there with "Moby Dick" "Grapes of Wrath" etc. In fact, I think it is better. it's hard to imagine Ken Kesey, hippy acid head that he was would be able to so write so poignantly and beautifully but he absolutely pulled......more