| Zen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Contributor(s): Richardson, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307390691 ISBN-13: 9780307390691 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: Part travelogue, part meditation on an author and his work, Zen and Now is a tribute to a beloved American book and the landscape that inspired it. Since it was first published in 1974, Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance has become a modern classic, a beautifully constructed blend of travel narrative and philosophical inquiry that has moved generations of readers. One of those readers was journalistMarkRichardson, who after rediscovering the book at middle age, decided to retrace Pirsig's journey. Fromthe back of his own motorcycle, Richardson investigates what happened to the reclusive Pirsig, his family, and the people described in the book in the years after its surprising success. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Travel | United States - General - Travel | Special Interest - Adventure |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Vintage Departures |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.66 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Part travelogue, part meditation on an author and his work, Zen and Now is a tribute to a beloved American book and the landscape that inspired it. Since it was first published in 1974, Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance has become a modern classic, a beautifully constructed blend of travel narrative and philosophical inquiry that has moved generations of readers. One of those readers was journalistMarkRichardson, who after rediscovering the book at middle age, decided to retrace Pirsig's journey. Fromthe back of his own motorcycle, Richardson investigates what happened to the reclusive Pirsig, his family, and the people described in the book in the years after its surprising success. |