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

from mostlyharmless

There are rare books that one comes across sometimes(rare not just because they are difficult to find, but also because you need to know what's going to hit you) where every word seems to ooze out of lifetime of experience - to the extent that the Author has seen no need to ever write another boo...

from ElectricRay

Many years ago a chap, who I am glad to report is now my brother-in-law, was prescribed this book as a Stage 1 Engineering pre-read. He took one look at the cover and gave it to me, at that point a pubescent teenager grappling with the existential difficulties of the world which suddenly were pre...

from Donna828

What would you do if you woke up in a hospital with no memory of what brought you there? What if you learned that you had become a new person because the old one had been annihilated by a court order and a series of electroshock treatments? Well, Robert Pirsig took a long motorcycle journey with ...

from dawn.clements34

One of the most amazing books I have ever read...I have had an ongoing love-affair with this book since 1996. Originally it was given to my fiance, by his brother, for his birthday in 1994. My fiance was killed in 1996; the book became mine. I stuck it on a shelf where it sat for two years: I tho...

from Steve55

This is not an easy review for this is not an easy book. One thing I think I'm sure of is that it's not about Zen or motorcycle maintenance. On the surface the book is the story of the author and his son with some friends travelling across America. However this provides the environment for the au...