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

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values - Hardcover

by Robert M. Pirsig
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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert M. PirsigPublish date:1974-05-01Pages:432
Language:EnglishPublisher:Mariner BooksISBN-13:9780688002305ISBN-10:688002307UPC:9780688002305Book Category:Travel, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Essays & Travelogues, Zen, EasternSize:8.30 x 5.90 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC1XYBECC4

THE CLASSIC BOOK THAT HAS INSPIRED MILLIONS

A penetrating examination of how we live and how to live better

Few books transform a generation and then establish themselves as touchstones for the generations that follow. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is one such book. This modern epic of a man's search for meaning became an instant bestseller on publication in 1974, acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters. It continues to inspire millions.

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 on 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 contains an interview with Pirsig and letters and documents detailing how this extraordinary book came to be.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Mariner BooksISBN-13:9780688002305ISBN-10:688002307UPC:9780688002305Book Category:Travel, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Essays & Travelogues, Zen, EasternSize:8.30 x 5.90 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC1XYBECC4
Pirsig, Robert M.: -

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 also 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.

Publisher: Mariner Books

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25th Anniversary Edition

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Robert M. Pirsig

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Robert M. Pirsig

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