false 529626 18 <B>The magnificent second novel from the legendary author of <I>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</I></B> <BR><BR> Following the astonishing success of his first novel, <I>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</I>, Ken Kesey wrote what Charles Bowden calls &#147;one of the few essential books written by an American in the last half century.&#148; This wild-spirited tale tells of a bitter strike that rages through a small lumber town along the Oregon coast. Bucking that strike out of sheer cussedness are the Stampers. Out of the Stamper family's rivalries and betrayals Ken Kesey has crafted a novel with the mythic impact of Greek tragedy. 1308344 book 1964 Sometimes a Great Notion total:2517|5:1332|4:672|3:366|2:104|1:43| 2517 10697 3921 354 5 9 false false Thu Jun 28 09:26:42 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 21 22:34:47 -0700 2008 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 incredi...more...]]> 5 7 false false Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 10:52:55 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 11:26:34 -0700 2008
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a) grown up within sight of the Coastal Range, and
b) enormous, swinging testes,

then this book would be sold in a 3-pack with "Mrs Dalloway" and "The Waves" today. It's such literatoor, but it's so masculine and so blue-collar also. G...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Aug 05 20:49:24 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 11:00:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Jan 24 08:05:21 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 08:05:21 -0800 2008
I really, really wanted to like this book. An underread novel by an acknowledged American master of letters with a core of fans who consider it one of the best novels of the last century. What could be better? Well, to put it in a...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Jul 26 11:28:52 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 11:28:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 13 16:21:58 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 04 20:01:46 -0800 2008
This is a wet novel. Set in the rainy season in Oregon you get pruned fingers flipping through the pages. It's lovely. The writing is lovely. I was constantly thinking of turning down corners to mark passages only to turn the page and find something more beautiful...more...]]> 5 1 true false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue May 15 16:59:20 -0700 2007 Wed May 16 17:45:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Feb 11 09:02:22 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 09:39:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Dec 21 23:34:15 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 23:36:14 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Sun Nov 16 20:51:21 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 20:58:38 -0800 2008 3 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1977 Fri Oct 12 16:26:05 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 16:35:38 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Fri Oct 12 20:54:44 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 05 14:54:33 -0700 2009
My 9th grade english teacher told me to skip every other chapter of The Grapes of Wrath if I found the whole turtle-thing boring. But now when I say I've read The Grapes of Wrath I feel l...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Jun 10 13:49:28 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 10 14:02:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 04 18:59:01 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 19:01:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 25 18:20:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 18:22:24 -0800 2008 more...]]>