Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

Description: About this productProduct InformationThe 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. PirsigProduct IdentifiersPublisherRandom House Publishing GroupISBN-100553277472ISBN-139780553277470eBay Product ID (ePID)354689Product Key FeaturesBook TitleZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : an Inquiry Into ValuesAuthorRobert M. PirsigFormatMass MarketLanguageEnglishTopicParenting / Fatherhood, Motorcycles / Repair & Maintenance, General, Buddhism / Zen (See Also Philosophy / Zen), United States / GeneralPublication Year1984GenreFamily & Relationships, Travel, Transportation, Psychology, Religion, FictionNumber of Pages400 PagesDimensionsItem Length6.9in.Item Height1in.Item Width4.2in.Item Weight6.9 OzAdditional Product FeaturesReviews"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 withMoby Dickare 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, "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 VoiceTarget AudienceTradeLccn00-003760Dewey Decimal973.92092Dewey Edition20

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