Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance - An Inquiry Into Values

Religion & Spirituality

Robert M. Pirsig

Buddhism

Published by William Morrow and Co. Inc, New York (1999)

The narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son becomes a text which speaks directly to the confusions and agonies of existence, detailing a personal, philosophical odyssey.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 25th Anniversary Edition

Travel

Vintage/Ebury (a Division of R

Zen and The Art of Motor Cycle Maintenance

Corgi Books

Lila: An Enquiry into Morals

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Bantam]

A novel featuring Phaedrus, the mythical alter ego of Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". It is the story of a clash of opposites - a catastrophic-comic encounter between the philosophizing, introspective Phaedrus and the outgoing, sexually aggressive Lila.

Lila an Inquiry Into Morals

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

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

Bantam New Age Books

Phædrus – a character familiar to readers of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – is sailing down the Hudson River when he meets Lila Blewitt, an unapologetically sexual, psychologically unstable woman whom a mutual friend warns him against. But Phædrus is drawn to her physically, and interested in her intellectually, finding her “a culture of one” in whom he discerns an unexpected “Quality”. Sailing with him to Manhattan, where her mental state deteriorates further, Lila prompts Phædrus to explore conflicts of values, such as those between Native Americans and Europeans, or between the insane and the normal.

Lila: An Inquiry into Morals

The study of the art of motorcycle maintenance is really a miniature study of the art of rationality itself. Working on a motorcycle, working well, caring, is to become part of a process, to achieve an inner peace of mind. The motorcycle is primarily a mental phenomenon.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

The extraordinary story of a man's quest for truth. It will change the way you think and feel about your life. "The cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'" "The study of the art of motorcycle maintainence is really a study of the art of rationality itself. Working on a motorcycle, working well, caring, is to become part of a process, to achieve an inner peace of mind. The motorcycle is primarily a mental phenomenon." -- Robert M. Pirsig

The author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance examines life's essential issues as he recounts the journey down the Hudson River in a sailboat of his philosopher-narrator Phaedrus.

Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

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