Above the Kukushkin nest. Kizi K.

Like the numerous loud events associated with the name of Ken Kizie's “Funny Panzard”, his first book “Above the Kukushkin Nest” (1962) made a lot of noise in the literary life of America. Kizi was recognized as a talented writer, and Roman became one of the main works for Beatniks and Hippi.

“Over the Kukushkin Nest” is a rude and devastating image of the boundaries between sanity and madness. “If someone wants to feel the pulse of our time, let Kizi read. And if everything will be fine and the order of things does not change, it will be read in the next century, ”wrote Los Angeles Times in the newspaper. Indeed, today the book continues to live and does not lose its crazy popularity.

based on the novel, the film of the same name was shot (dir. Milos Forman, 1975), conquering the whole world and receiving five Oscars. And also many performances have been staged in different countries, including in Russia.