num_pages: 380
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: 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: 225967
places: The United States of America
series: Phaedrus
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Contemporary Affairs
publisher: Bantam New Age Books