Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance

418 pages

English language

Published Dec. 14, 1999 by Morrow.

ISBN:: 978-0-688-00230-5
OCLC Number:: 673595

(6 reviews)

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. 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, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a touching and transcendent book of life.

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dataentry reviewed Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig

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4 stars

Interesting, challenging, shocking, depressing, enlightening, frustrating, and often over my head. With no academic background in philosophy, this book proved pretty difficult for me to get through. I thought that I had read this book when I was younger, but it is clear now that I had only got through the first few chapters, yet I also know that those first few chapters changed my perspective on so much. Now that I have finished this book, I'm left with tons of questions, which is a great thing to be left with.