Zen and Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Softcover

Pirsig-robert-m

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9780553244588: Zen and Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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ISBN 10: 0553244582 ISBN 13: 9780553244588

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"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. 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.

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"Profoundly important...full of insightsinto our most perplexing contemporarydilemmas." -- "New York Times""The book is inspired, original...the narrative tact, the perfect economy of effect defy criticism. The analogies with "Moby-Dick" arepatent." -- "The New Yorker""A miracle ... sparkles like an electric dream."-- "Village Voice""An unforgettable trip."-- "Time"

"An unforgettable trip." -- Time

An unforgettable trip. --Time

"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

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

"An unforgettable trip."--Time

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

An unforgettable trip. --Time"

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"

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

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