Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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"The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'"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.

subjects: Pirsig, Robert M.,  Biography,  Description and travel,  Fathers and sons,  Journeys,  Maintenance and repair,  Motorcycles,  Nonfiction,  Philosophy,  Philosophy and civilization,  Popular culture,  Psychology,  Self,  Zen Buddhism and science,  Conduct of life,  Existentialism,  Travel,  Values,  Social Values,  Autobiography,  18.06 Anglo-American literature,  Zen buddhism,  Motorcycles, maintenance and repair,  United states, description and travel,  Christmas decorations,  Handicraft,  Open Library Staff Picks,  Essentialism (Philosophy),  Pirsig, Robert M,  Pirsing, Robert M.,  General,  Fathers and sons--united states,  Ct275.p648 a3 1974,  917.3/04/920924 b

People: Robert M. Pirsig,  Robert M Pirsig

Places: United States