num_pages: 540
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: An Inquiry Into Values
titlecomplete: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
characters: John Sutherland, Sylvia Sutherland, Phaedrus, Chris
genres: Unfinished, Self Help, Philosophy, Religion, Travel, Literature, Psychology, Classics, Fiction, Spirituality
ratings_count: 225963
places: The United States of America
series: Phaedrus
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Contemporary Affairs
publisher: HarperTorch