Product Description

The narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son becomes a text which speaks directly to the confusions and agonies of existence, detailing a personal, philosophical odyssey.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1575 in Books
• Published on: 1999-11-18
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 451 pages

Review
A remarkable classic, at last back in print. It is not (of course) about motorcycle maintenance. It is a guide, a life support system, a novel, a philosophical treatise, an attempt to analyse life, an examination of the nature of space and time... all things to most men (and women). The archetypal mind-stretching book. (Kirkus UK)

Book Jacket
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an unforgettable trip." --Time

"Disturbing, deeply moving, full of insights ... this is a wonderful book." --Times Literary Supplement

"This book may very well be a profoundly important one--a great one even--full of insights into our most perplexing contemporary dilemmas ... " --New York Times

"I think Mr. Pirsig has written a work of great, perhaps urgent, importance ... Read this book." -- Observer

"A brilliant and original book ... a pathfinding attempt to examine and solve our contemporary ills. Everybody should read it." --Guardian

About the Author
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 this book's sequal, entitled Lila.