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Author:   Robert M. Pirsig
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint:   William Morrow
Edition:   25th Anniversary ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.60cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9780688002305

ISBN 10:   0688002307
Pages:   412
Publication Date:   01 May 1974
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Profoundly important...full of insights into our most perplexing contemporary dilemmas. --New York Times

"""An unforgettable trip."" -- Time ""Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance sold millions of copies and made Pirsig a reluctant hero to generations of intellectual wanderers...Zen was an instant classic -- a work of literature that captured the spirit of its time and retained its appeal long after the hippie movement had faded."" -- Washington Post ""A touchstone. ... Pirsig's plunge into the grand philosophical questions of Western culture remained near the top of the bestseller lists for a decade and helped define the post-hippie 1970s landscape."" -- New York Times ""The truly great road trip novel. ... Many former angsty teens will surely fondly recall their own dog-eared, heavily underlined copies of Pirsig's book, and the initial joy that accompanied reading something that felt so specifically personal and yet so urgently universal. ... Zen's ongoing reprints, its devoted fan base, and the countless road trips and pseudo-spiritual journeys it's inspired are indicative of the book's ongoing appeal."" -- GQ ""Inspired college classes, academic conferences and a legion of 'Pirsig pilgrims' who retrace the anguished, cross-country motorcycle trip at the heart of his novel."" -- Los Angeles Times ""Profoundly important...full of insights into our most perplexing contemporary dilemmas."" -- New York Times ""The book is inspired, original. . . . The analogies with Moby-Dick are patent."" -- The New Yorker ""It is filled with beauty. . .a finely made whole that seems to emanate from a very special grace."" -- Baltimore Sun ""A miracle . . . sparkles like an electric dream."" -- The Village Voice"

It is filled with beauty. . .a finely made whole that seems to emanate from a very special grace. -- Baltimore Sun

Author Information

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.

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