num_pages: 416
description: 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.
language: English
title: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
titlecomplete: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
characters: Chris, John Sutherland, Phaedrus, Sylvia Sutherland
genres: Fiction, Spirituality, Classics, Unfinished, Philosophy, Self Help, Religion, Psychology, Travel, Literature
ratings_count: 225970
places: The United States of America
series: Phaedrus
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Contemporary Affairs
publisher: Vintage Classics