Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values - Couverture souple

Pirsig, Robert M

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060839872 ISBN 13 : 9780060839871

Editeur : Mariner Books Classics, 2005

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A penetrating examination of how we live and how to live better

A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance becomes a personal and philosophical odyssey into fundamental questions on how to live. The narrator's relationship with his son leads to a powerful self-reckoning; the craft of motorcycle maintenance leads to an austerely beautiful process for reconciling science, religion, and humanism. Resonant with the confusions of existence, this classic is a touching and transcendent book of life.

This new edition contains an interview with Pirsig and letters and documents detailing how this extraordinary book came to be.

Quatrième de couverture :

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR AND A READER'S GUIDE

'A brilliant and original book... Everybody should read it' Guardian

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance caused a sensation when it was first published in 1974.The story of the narrator, his son Chris and their month-long motorcycle odyssey from Minnesota to California profoundly affected an entire generation.Both personal and philosophical, this book is a compelling study of relationships, values, madness and, eventually, enlightenment.

See also: Moby-Dick

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books Classics
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060839872
• ISBN 13: 9780060839871
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 464