Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance An Inquiry Into Values

Robert M. Pirsig

eBook - 2009

THE CLASSIC BOOK THAT HAS INSPIRED MILLIONSA penetrating examination of how we live and how to live betterFew 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 le...ads 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...

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Published
HarperCollins
Language
English
Main Author
Robert M. Pirsig
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Format
Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Kindle Book
ASINB0026772N8
Release Date4/21/2009
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780061907999
Release Date4/21/2009