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A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance becomes a personal and philosophical odyssey into fundamental questions on how to live. The narrator's relationship with his son leads to a powerful self-reckoning; the craft of motorcycle maintenance leads to an austerely beautiful process for reconciling science, religion, and humanism. Resonant with the confusions of existence, this classic is a touching and transcendent book of life.

This new edition contains an interview with Pirsig and letters and documents detailing how this extraordinary book came to be.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

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Profoundly important...full of insightsinto our most perplexing contemporarydilemmas. -- New York Times The book is inspired, original...the narrative tact, the perfect economy of effect defy criticism. The analogies with Moby-Dick arepatent. -- The New Yorker A miracle ... sparkles like an electric dream. -- Village Voice An unforgettable trip. -- Time

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