num_pages: 412
description: Robert M. Pirsig's Zen &amp; the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an examination of how we live, a meditation on how to live better set around the narration of a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest, undertaken by a father &amp; his young son.
language: English
title: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
titlecomplete: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
characters: John Sutherland, Sylvia Sutherland, Chris, Phaedrus
genres: Classics, Self Help, Philosophy, Travel, Religion, Psychology, Spirituality, Literature, Unfinished, Fiction
ratings_count: 226001
places: The United States of America
series: Phaedrus
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Contemporary Affairs
publisher: William Morrow & Inc. (NYC)