ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE An Inquiry Into Values

Robert M. Pirsig

ISBN 10: 0688002307 / ISBN 13: 9780688002305

Edité par William Morrow & Company, New York, 1974

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Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Spine cocked. Small closed tears on spine heel and top and bottom rear gutter. Light soiling on top rear panel. ; 412 pages. N° de réf. du vendeur 317900

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Titre : ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE An...

Éditeur : William Morrow & Company, New York

Date d'édition : 1974

Reliure : Hardcover

Edition : First Edition; First Printing.

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Synopsis :

THE CLASSIC BOOK THAT HAS INSPIRED MILLIONS

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

Few books transform a generation and then establish themselves as touchstones for the generations that follow. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is one such book. This modern epic of a man’s search for meaning became an instant bestseller on publication in 1974, acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters. It continues to inspire millions. 

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.

À propos de l?auteur:

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.