ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE An Inquiry Into Values

Robert M. Pirsig

ISBN 10: 0688002307 / ISBN 13: 9780688002305

Published by William Morrow & Company, New York, 1974

About this Item

Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Small closed tear on top front panel. Foxing on top text block edge. ; 412 pages.

Seller Inventory # 323536

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE An Inquiry Into Values
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0688002307
• ISBN 13: 9780688002305
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Easton Press

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Synopsis

Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, this modern epic became an instant bestseller upon publication in 1974, transforming a generation and continuing to inspire millions. This 25th Anniversary Quill Edition features a new introduction by the author; important typographical changes; and a Reader's Guide that includes discussion topics, an interview with the author, and letters and documents detailing how this extraordinary book came to be. A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, the book 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, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a touching and transcendent book of life.

About the Author

Robert M. Pirsig (1928–2017) is the author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, which has sold more than five-million copies since its publication in 1974, and Lila, a finalist for the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He graduated from the University of Minnesota (B.A., 1950; M.A., 1958) and attended Benares Hindu University in India, where he studied Eastern philosophy, and the University of Chicago, where he pursued a PhD in philosophy. Pirsig’s motorcycle resides in the Smithsonian Institution.