Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance: an inquiry into values,
Pirsig, Robert M.
Wray, Daniel,binding designer.StEdNL
Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition(2016).StEdNL
New York : William Morrow & Company, Inc.,
1974.
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.
Autobiographical.
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.
Black calf spine. Boards are covered in walnut veneer inlaid with chestnut veneer and French polished. Winner of Best Craft Binding Overall Category in the 2016 Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition. The binder was Daniel Wray.
Pirsig, Robert M.
Fathers and sons
Self.
United States New York New York.