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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenanc - Robert M. Pirsig by Robert M. Pirsig is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
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SUMMARY: 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.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance caused a sensation when it was first published in 1974.The story of the narrator, his son Chris and their month-long motorcycle odyssey from Minnesota to California profoundly affected an entire generation.Both personal and philosophical, this book is a compelling study of relationships, values, madness and, eventually, enlightenment.
Who reads Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenanc - Robert M. Pirsig?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Robert M. Pirsig
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial Modern Classics
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780060839871
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Fiction, Psychology, Sociology
- Rating
- 3.76 / 5 (863 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14