Description

Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, this modern epic became an instant bestseller upon publication in 1974, transforming a generation and continuing to inspire millions. A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, the book becomes a personal and philosophical odyssey into fundamental questions of how to live. Resonant with the confusions of existence, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a touching and transcendent book of life.

Publisher Review

Disturbing, deeply moving, full of insights...this is a wonderful book * Times Literary Supplement * Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an unforgettable trip * Time * The book is inspired, original...the narrative tact, the perfect economy of effect defy criticism. The analogies with Moby Dick are patent * New Yorker * Mr Pirsig has written a work of great, perhaps urgent, importance... Read this book * Observer * Profoundly important...full of insights into our most perplexing contemporary dilemmas * New York Times *