Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into ValuesTHE 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. |
Contents
Section 13 | 259 |
Section 14 | 274 |
Section 15 | 289 |
Section 16 | 300 |
Section 17 | 329 |
Section 18 | 331 |
Section 19 | 353 |
Section 20 | 399 |
Section 9 | 202 |
Section 10 | 212 |
Section 11 | 226 |
Section 12 | 241 |
Section 21 | 413 |
Section 22 | 419 |
Section 23 | 442 |
Other editions - View all
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values Robert M. Pirsig Limited preview - 2006 |
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values Robert M. Pirsig Limited preview - 2008 |