num_pages: 430
description: THE CLASSIC BOOK THAT HAS INSPIRED MILLIONS A penetrating examination of how we live and how to live better Few books transform a generation and then establish themselves as touchstones for the generations that follow. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is one such book. This modern epic of a man’s search for meaning became an instant bestseller on publication in 1974, acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters. It continues to inspire millions. A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son,  Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance  becomes a personal and philosophical odyssey into fundamental questions on 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, this classic is a touching and transcendent book of life. This new edition contains an interview with Pirsig and letters and documents detailing how this extraordinary book came to be.
language: English
title: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Harper Perennial Modern Classics
titlecomplete: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Harper Perennial Modern Classics (Prebound))
characters: John Sutherland, Sylvia Sutherland, Phaedrus, Chris
genres: Unfinished, Self Help, Philosophy, Religion, Travel, Literature, Psychology, Classics, Fiction, Spirituality
ratings_count: 225970
places: The United States of America
series: Phaedrus
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Contemporary Affairs
publisher: San Val