Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

40th Anniversary Edition

Robert Pirsig

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English

Vintage
03 November 2014

Fiction & Literature; Popular philosophy; Travel writing

'A brilliant and original book... Everybody should read it' Guardian

Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, this modern epic became an instant bestseller upon publication in 1974, transforming a generation and continuing to inspire millions. A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, the book becomes a personal and philosophical odyssey into fundamental questions of how to live. Resonant with the confusions of existence, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a touching and transcendent book of life.

By: Robert Pirsig
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: The 40th Anniversary edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 298g
ISBN: 9780099598169
ISBN 10: 0099598167
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 03 November 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert M. Pirsig was born in 1928 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He holds degrees in chemistry, philosophy, and journalism and also studied Oriental philosophy at Benares Hindu University in India. He is the author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Lila.

Reviews for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: 40th Anniversary Edition

Disturbing, deeply moving, full of insights...this is a wonderful book * Times Literary Supplement * Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an unforgettable trip * Time * The book is inspired, original...the narrative tact, the perfect economy of effect defy criticism. The analogies with Moby Dick are patent * New Yorker * Mr Pirsig has written a work of great, perhaps urgent, importance... Read this book * Observer * Profoundly important...full of insights into our most perplexing contemporary dilemmas * New York Times *