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August 2019

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

by Robert Pirsig

Picked by
Nick
Topic
Science Fiction & Fiction
First published
1974
Pages
373
Form
Fiction
Club rating
5 / 5 (1 member)
Reader rating
3.83 / 5 (126 ratings) · Open Library
Editions
78
Open Library
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ISBN‑13
9780688171667

Synopsis

One of the most important and influential books of the past half-century, Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a powerful, moving, and penetrating examination of how we live and a meditation on how to live better. The narrative of a father on a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest with his young son, it becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life's fundamental questions. A true modern classic, it remains at once touching and transcendent, resonant with the myriad confusions of existence and the small, essential triumphs that propel us forward.

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