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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

An Inquiry into Values

September 30, 2008 | Trade paperback
ISBN: 9780061673733
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Description

One of the most important and influential books of the past half-century, Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a powerful, moving, and penetrating examination of how we live and a meditation on how to live better. The narrative of a father on a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest with his young son, it becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life's fundamental questions. A true modern classic, it remains at once touching and transcendent, resonant with the myriad confusions of existence and the small, essential triumphs that propel us forward.

About this Author

Robert M. Pirsig was born in 1928 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He studied chemistry and philosophy (B.A., 1950) and journalism (M.A., 1958) at the University of Minnesota, pursued graduate work in philosophy at the University of Chicago, and attended Benares Hindu University in India, where he studied Oriental philosophy. He is also the author of a sequel to this book, Lila.

ISBN: 9780061673733
Format: Trade paperback
Pages: 448
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2008-09-30

Reviews

"An unforgettable trip." -- Time

"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance sold millions of copies and made Pirsig a reluctant hero to generations of intellectual wanderers...Zen was an instant classic -- a work of literature that captured the spirit of its time and retained its appeal long after the hippie movement had faded."  -- Washington Post

"A touchstone. ... Pirsig's plunge into the grand philosophical questions of Western culture remained near the top of the bestseller lists for a decade and helped define the post-hippie 1970s landscape."  -- New York Times

"The truly great road trip novel. ... Many former angsty teens will surely fondly recall their own dog-eared, heavily underlined copies of Pirsig's book, and the initial joy that accompanied reading something that felt so specifically personal and yet so urgently universal. ... Zen's ongoing reprints, its devoted fan base, and the countless road trips and pseudo-spiritual journeys it's inspired are indicative of the book's ongoing appeal."  -- GQ

"Inspired college classes, academic conferences and a legion of 'Pirsig pilgrims' who retrace the anguished, cross-country motorcycle trip at the heart of his novel."  -- Los Angeles Times

"Profoundly important...full of insights into our most perplexing contemporary dilemmas." -- New York Times

"The book is inspired, original. . . . The analogies with Moby-Dick are patent." -- The New Yorker

"It is filled with beauty. . .a finely made whole that seems to emanate from a very special grace." -- Baltimore Sun

"A miracle . . . sparkles like an electric dream." -- The Village Voice

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