Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

An Inquiry Into Values

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Paperback, 1976, Corgi, Corgi Books, Transworld Publishers Ltd.)

Paperback

English language

Published Aug. 13, 1976 by Corgi, Corgi Books, Transworld Publishers Ltd..

ISBN:
978-0-552-10166-0
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OCLC Number:
59237123

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3 stars (1 review)

"The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'"One of the most important and influential books of the past half-century, Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a powerful, moving, and penetrating examination of how we live and a meditation on how to live better. The narrative of a father on a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest with his young son, it becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life's fundamental questions. A true modern classic, it remains at once touching and transcendent, resonant with the myriad confusions of existence and the small, essential triumphs that propel us forward.

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not a good bedtime read

3 stars

This is the second time that I stop reading this book. I really enjoyed the journaling of the motorcycle trip, but that's only half of the story. After a day at work, sitting in bed, trying to wind down, the whole discussion about classicism vs romanticism and rational analysis, etc is just too dry and tiring to follow.