Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance : an inquiry into values
Author
Pirsig, Robert M.
Additional Author(s)
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Publisher
New York: Harper Torch, 2006
Language
English
ISBN
9780060589462
Series
Subject(s)
PHILOSOPHY AND CIVILIZATION
PIRSIG, ROBERT M.- TRAVEL-UNITED STATES
ZEN BUDDHISM AND SCIENCE
Notes
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Abstract
One of the most important and influential books written in 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 breathtaking meditation on how to live better. Here is the book that transformed a generation: an unforgettable narration of a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest, undertaken by a father and his young son. A story of love and fear -- of growth, discovery, and acceptance -- that becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life's fundamental questions, this uniquely exhilarating modern classic is both touching and transcendent, resonant with the myriad confusions of existence . . . and the small, essential triumphs that propel us forward.
