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Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance
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  • Published: 3 November 2014
  • ISBN: 9780099598169
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $28.99
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Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance

40th Anniversary Edition

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3 Nov 2014
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1 Mar 2008
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30 Nov 2011
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'A brilliant and original book... Everybody should read it' Guardian

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.

  • Pub date: 3 November 2014
  • ISBN: 9780099598169
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $28.99
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About the Author

Robert Pirsig

Robert M. Pirsig was born in 1928 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He holds degrees in chemistry, philosophy, and journalism and also studied Oriental philosophy at Benares Hindu University in India. He is the author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Lila.

Praise for Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance

“Profoundly important...full of insights into our most perplexing contemporary dilemmas”

New York Times

“Mr Pirsig has written a work of great, perhaps urgent, importance... Read this book”

Observer

“The book is inspired, original...the narrative tact, the perfect economy of effect defy criticism. The analogies with Moby Dick are patent”

New Yorker

“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an unforgettable trip”

Time

“Disturbing, deeply moving, full of insights...this is a wonderful book”

Times Literary Supplement

“It is filled with beauty...a finely made whole that seems to emanate from a very special grace”

Baltimore Sun

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