Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (P.S.) - Softcover

Pirsig, Robert M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061673730 ISBN 13: 9780061673733

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2008

Synopsis

"The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'"

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. Pirsig's narrative of a father and son on a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest 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 title

Review:

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

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

"An unforgettable trip."--Time

"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

Book Description:

'A brilliant and original book... Everybody should read it' Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061673730
• ISBN 13: 9780061673733
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448