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"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.
"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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Combining personal memoir, philosophical inquiry, and narrative travelogue, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values became an unexpected publishing phenomenon upon its release in 1974. Robert M. Pirsig crafted a dense yet widely accessible narrative that explored profound questions about human perception, technical craftsmanship, and morality, establishing his reputation as a unique voice in contemporary philosophical literature.
Born Robert Maynard Pirsig in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 6, 1928, he pursued an eclectic education that spanned chemistry, philosophy, and journalism at the University of Minnesota, and later studied Eastern philosophy at Benares Hindu University in India. Before achieving widespread literary acclaim, Pirsig worked as a college writing instructor and a freelance technical writer. His real-life cross-country motorcycle journey with his young son served as the foundational narrative for his first book. In his later years, he lived quietly in Maine, where he passed away in South Berwick on April 24, 2017.
Pirsig's writing style bridges creative nonfiction and rigorous philosophical discourse, developing what he termed the Metaphysics of Quality. In Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, he equated the emotional collapse of his central character with the breakdown of modern cultural values and technical workmanship. His philosophical novels seek to reconcile Western rationalism with Eastern mystical thought by placing the concept of Quality at the central foundation of reality and human experience.
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Combining personal memoir, philosophical inquiry, and narrative travelogue, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values became an unexpected publishing phenomenon upon its release in 1974. Robert M. Pirsig crafted a dense yet widely accessible narrative that explored profound questions about human perception, technical craftsmanship, and morality, establishing his reputation as a unique voice in contemporary philosophical literature.
Born Robert Maynard Pirsig in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 6, 1928, he pursued an eclectic education that spanned chemistry, philosophy, and journalism at the University of Minnesota, and later studied Eastern philosophy at Benares Hindu University in India. Before achieving widespread literary acclaim, Pirsig worked as a college writing instructor and a freelance technical writer. His real-life cross-country motorcycle journey with his young son served as the foundational narrative for his first book. In his later years, he lived quietly in Maine, where he passed away in South Berwick on April 24, 2017.
Pirsig's writing style bridges creative nonfiction and rigorous philosophical discourse, developing what he termed the Metaphysics of Quality. In Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, he equated the emotional collapse of his central character with the breakdown of modern cultural values and technical workmanship. His philosophical novels seek to reconcile Western rationalism with Eastern mystical thought by placing the concept of Quality at the central foundation of reality and human experience.
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