Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

Pirsig, Robert M.

ISBN 10: 0060958324 / ISBN 13: 9780060958329

Published by Harper Perennial (edition Later prt.), 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
• Publisher: Harper Perennial (edition Later prt.)
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060958324
• ISBN 13: 9780060958329
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Later prt.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

The modern epic that transformed a generation and continues to inspire millions -- a penetrating examination of how we live and how to live better.

A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance becomes a personal and philosophical odyssey into fundamental questions of how to live. The narrator's relationship with his son leads to a powerful self-reckoning, the craft of motorcycle maintenance leads to an austerely beautiful process for reconciling science, religion, and humanism. Resonant with the confusions of existence, this classic is a touching and transcendent book of life.

This new edition is updated with important typographical changes, a penetrating new introduction, and a Reader's Guide that includes an interview with Pirsig and letters and documents detailing how this extraordinary book came to be.

About the Author

Robert M. Pirsig was born in 1928 in Minneapolis. He studied chemistry and philosophy (B.A., 1950) and journalism (M.A., 1953) at the University of Minnesota and also attended Benares Hindu University in India where he studied Oriental philosophy. He is also the author of a sequel to this book, entitled Lila.