description: The extraordinary story of a man's quest for truth. It will change the way you think and feel about your life. "The cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'""The study of the art of motorcycle maintainence is really a study of the art of rationality itself. Working on a motorcycle, working well, caring, is to become part of a process, to achieve an inner peace of mind. The motorcycle is primarily a mental phenomenon." -- Robert M. Pirsig"Profoundly important... full of insights into our most perplexing contemporary dilemmas... It is intellectual entertainment of the highest order." -- "The New York Times""It lodges in the mind as few recent novels have... The book is inspired, original... As the mountains gentle toward the sea--with father and child locked in a ghostly grip--the narrative tact, the perfect economy of effect defy criticism... The analogies with "Moby Dick" are patent. Robert Pirsig invites the prodigious comparison... What more can one say?" -- "The New Yorker""It's a miracle.. sparkles like an electric dream. Freshness, originality... that seduces you into loving motorcycles, as tender in their pistons as the petals in the Buddah's dawn lotus." -- "The Village Voice"
language: French
title: Traité du zen et de l'entretien des motocyclettes
titlecomplete: Traité du zen et de l'entretien des motocyclettes
characters: John Sutherland, Sylvia Sutherland, Phaedrus, Chris
genres: Unfinished, Self Help, Philosophy, Religion, Travel, Literature, Psychology, Classics, Fiction, Spirituality
ratings_count: 225974
places: The United States of America
series: Phaedrus
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Contemporary Affairs
publisher: Seuil