Zen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Vintage Departures)
Zen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Vintage Departures)
Zen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Vintage Departures)
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<strong>Zen</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Now</strong>: <strong>On</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Trail</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Pirsig</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Motorcycle</strong> <strong>Maintenance</strong> (<strong>Vintage</strong> <strong>Departures</strong>) (Mark Richardson) Part travelogue, part meditation on an author <strong>and</strong> his work, <strong>Zen</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Now</strong> is a tribute to a beloved American book <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> l<strong>and</strong>scape that inspired it.Since it was first published in 1974, <strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Pirsig</strong>’s <strong>Zen</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Motorcycle</strong> <strong>Maintenance</strong> has become a modern classic, a beautifully constructed blend <strong>of</strong> travel narrative <strong>and</strong> philosophical inquiry that has moved generations <strong>of</strong> readers. <strong>On</strong>e <strong>of</strong> those readers was journalistMarkRichardson, who after rediscovering <strong>the</strong> book at middle age, decided to retrace <strong>Pirsig</strong>’s journey. From<strong>the</strong> back <strong>of</strong> his own motorcycle, Richardson investigates what happened to <strong>the</strong> reclusive <strong>Pirsig</strong>, his family, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> people described in <strong>the</strong> book in <strong>the</strong> years after its surprising success.<br />
<strong>Zen</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Now</strong>: <strong>On</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Trail</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Robert</strong> <strong>Pirsig</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Motorcycle</strong> <strong>Maintenance</strong> (<strong>Vintage</strong><br />
<strong>Departures</strong>)
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