Lila: An Enquiry into Morals - Softcover

Pirsig, Robert M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552995045 ISBN 13: 9780552995047

Publisher: Black Swan, 1992

Synopsis

A novel featuring Phaedrus, the mythical alter ego of Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". It is the story of a clash of opposites - a catastrophic-comic encounter between the philosophizing, introspective Phaedrus and the outgoing, sexually aggressive Lila.

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Review:

'No question that Pirsig is a writer of high integrity and intelligence' -- Guardian

'A book that both concentrates and releases the mind, brings the attention down to one point and sends it scattering...' -- Financial Times

'The voice of the narrator carries some of the folksy weight and salty wisdom of a Mark Twain' -- Sunday Times

'A book that both concentrates and releases the mind, brings the attention down to one point and sends it scattering...' -- Financial Times

'No question that Pirsig is a writer of high integrity and intelligence' -- The Guardian

'The voice of the narrator carries some of the folksy weight and salty wisdom of a Mark Twain' -- Sunday Times

'This is a book I'll come back to and read again... another one to be grateful for' -- Scotsman

From the Author:

'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was like a first child. Maybe that will always be the best-loved one. But this second child is the bright one. I think a lot of people will argue with some of the ideas in Lila. There may be controversy. But if people are still reading these two books a hundred years from now, I predict Lila will be the one they consider the more important' Robert M. Pirsig

About this edition

• Publisher: Black Swan
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0552995045
• ISBN 13: 9780552995047
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480