Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - An Inquiry into Values

Zusatztext "A miracle . . . sparkles like an electric dream." Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext “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. Pirsig’s narrative of a father and son on a summer motorcycle trip across America’s Northwest 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. Zusammenfassung “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. Pirsig’s narrative of a father and son on a summer motorcycle trip across America’s Northwest 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. ...

Product details

• Authors: Robert M. Pirsig
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2008
• EAN: 9780061673733
• ISBN: 978-0-06-167373-3
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 209 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic; Memoirs, Buddhism, Travel writing, Psychology: emotions, History of Religion, History of Art, Religious Festivals, Biology, life sciences, United States of America, USA, History of engineering and technology, Zen Buddhism, Spirituality and religious experience, Religion and beliefs, Holidays and celebrations, Engineering: general, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Religious holidays, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, RELIGION: History, HARPER PERENNIAL CLASSICS: PHILOSOPHY, PHILOSOPHY: Eastern, RELIGION: Holidays / Other, PHILOSOPHY: Zen, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Holidays (non-religious), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs, Harper Perennial Classics / Philosophy