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Sometimes a Great Notion was based on the Ken Kesey novel of the same name, the first of his books to be adapted into a film. The Los Angeles Times review stated that Sam Peckinpah and Budd Boetticher had both expressed interest in directing an adaptation of Kesey's book.
Aug 29, 2006 · Sometimes I lives in the town Sometimes I haves a great notion To jump into the river an’ drown” “Goodnight Irene” — Lead Belly (1933) “Sometimes a Great Notion” is a terrific, funny, tender, and psychologically demanding work of art that has few equals and no superiors in the entire body of 20th century American literature.
- Ken Kesey
About Sometimes a Great Notion. The magnificent second novel from the legendary author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Following the astonishing success of his first novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey wrote what Charles Bowden calls “one of the few essential books written by an American in the last half century.”
May 1, 2013 · Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey. This monthly feature invites readers to (re)discover a work that’s so rich and delightful it calls for slow reading to appreciate it fully. “Along the western slopes of the Oregon Coastal Range … come look: the hysterical crashing of tributaries as they merge into the Wakonda Auga River.”.
Written by on March 26, 2022. Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue working despite the town going broke and the other loggers go on strike ordering the Stampers to stop, however Hank continues to push his family on cutting more trees.
Plot Summary. Sometimes a Great Notion opens by describing the rainy landscape of the fictional Wakonda Auga River in Oregon. The Stamper family of loggers lives alongside the river. They are fiercely independent and live by the motto of elder Henry Stamper, “NEVER GIVE A INCH!” (35). The logging industry is suffering because lumber ...
PDF Cite. Sometimes a Great Notion is a highly complex novel in its time scheme, point of view, and imagery. The panoramic narrative begins and ends on Thanksgiving Day of 1961; but between its ...
