$55.27
- Paperback
412 pages
- Release Date
1 May 1974
Summary
A man and his young son embark on a summer motorcycle road trip across America’s Northwest, seeking to reconnect and explore the open country.
But this is no ordinary vacation. As the miles unspool, the journey transforms into a profound philosophical inquiry, a rolling Chautauqua that seeks to answer one of life’s most essential questions: What is best?
On a vintage motorcycle, the narrator grapples not only with the mechanics of his machine but with the very…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780688002305 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0688002307 |
| Author: | Robert M. Pirsig |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | William Morrow |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 412 |
| Edition: | 25th |
| Release Date: | 1 May 1974 |
| Weight: | 726g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 146mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“The book is inspired, original… . The analogies with Moby-Dick are patent.”
“An unforgettable trip.” - Time
“Profoundly important…full of insights into our most perplexing contemporary dilemmas.” - New York Times
“It is filled with beauty…a finely made whole that seems to emanate from a very special grace.” - Baltimore Sun
“The book is inspired, original… . The analogies with Moby-Dick are patent.” - The New Yorker
“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance sold millions of copies and made Pirsig a reluctant hero to generations of intellectual wanderers…Zen was an instant classic – a work of literature that captured the spirit of its time and retained its appeal long after the hippie movement had faded.” - Washington Post
“The truly great road trip novel. … Many former angsty teens will surely fondly recall their own dog-eared, heavily underlined copies of Pirsig’s book, and the initial joy that accompanied reading something that felt so specifically personal and yet so urgently universal. … Zen’s ongoing reprints, its devoted fan base, and the countless road trips and pseudo-spiritual journeys it’s inspired are indicative of the book’s ongoing appeal.” - GQ
“A touchstone. … Pirsig’s plunge into the grand philosophical questions of Western culture remained near the top of the bestseller lists for a decade and helped define the post-hippie 1970s landscape.” - New York Times
“Inspired college classes, academic conferences and a legion of ‘Pirsig pilgrims’ who retrace the anguished, cross-country motorcycle trip at the heart of his novel.” - Los Angeles Times
Robert M. Pirsig
Robert M. Pirsig (1928-2017) is the author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, which has sold more than five-million copies since its publication in 1974, and Lila, a finalist for the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He graduated from the University of Minnesota (B.A., 1950; M.A., 1958) and attended Benares Hindu University in India, where he studied Eastern philosophy, and the University of Chicago, where he pursued a PhD in philosophy. Pirsig’s motorcycle resides in the Smithsonian Institution.
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