
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
1963

Ken Kesey · 1962
272 pages
A loud, scheming new patient named McMurphy arrives on a mental hospital ward run by the cold Nurse Ratched. Narrated by Chief Bromden, who pretends to be deaf and dumb, the ward becomes a battleground over who controls the men's days. A struggle between an unruly spirit and a system built on obedience.
Content warnings: suicide