Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
50th anniversary edition - With an introduction by Matthew B. Crawford, bestselling author of Shop Class as Soulcraft
The bestselling, highly influential masterpiece about one man's search for meaning on a motorcycle trip through the American West--an enduring roadmap for living a richer, more purposeful existence.
Sometimes it's better to travel than to arrive.
A father sets off on a one-month motorcycle trip with his son and heads West. What begins as a seemingly simple travelogue evolves into a philosophical exploration of human experience and endeavor. Through a meditation on the craft of motorcycle maintenance, an austerely beautiful, profound reckoning of our relationship to technology and time emerges, as well as a celebration of the small but essential triumphs that move us forward and make life worth living.
First published in 1974, Robert M. Pirsig's exhilarating classic was an instant phenomenon of the counterculture generation and continues to cut to the core of the contemporary experience today. This beautiful fiftieth anniversary edition, now with a new foreword by acclaimed bestselling author Matthew B. Crawford, celebrates the endurance of an iconic cultural touchstone.
Synopsis
50th anniversary edition - With a new foreword by Matthew B. Crawford, author of Shop Class as Soulcraft
The bestselling masterpiece about one man's search for meaning on a motorcycle trip through the American West-- an enduring examination of how we live and how to live better
One of the most important and influential books of the past half century, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is Robert M. Pirsig's classic exploration of human experience and endeavor. Pirsig's narrative of a father and son on a summer motorcycle trip 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.
"Profoundly important. . . . Full of insights into our most perplexing contemporary dilemmas." --New York Times