基本信息出版社：HarperTorch
页码：560 页
出版日期：2006年05月
ISBN：0060589469
International Standard Book Number：0060589469
条形码：9780060589462
EAN：9780060589462
装帧：简装
正文语种：英语

内容简介

One of the most important and influential books written in the past half-century, Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a powerful, moving, and penetrating examination of how we live . . . and a breathtaking meditation on how to live better. Here is the book that transformed a generation: an unforgettable narration of a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest, undertaken by a father and his young son. A story of love and fear -- of growth, discovery, and acceptance -- that becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life's fundamental questions, this uniquely exhilarating modern classic is both touching and transcendent, resonant with the myriad confusions of existence . . . and the small, essential triumphs that propel us forward.

作者简介

Robert M. Pirsig was born in 1928 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He studied chemistry and philosophy (B.A., 1950) and journalism (M.A., 1958) at the University of Minnesota, pursued graduate work in philosophy at the University of Chicago, and attended Benares Hindu University in India, where he studied Oriental philosophy. He is also the author of a sequel to this book, Lila.

编辑推荐 "The book is inspired, original. . . . The analogies with Moby-Dick are patent." (The New Yorker )^"Profoundly important...full of insights into our most perplexing contemporary dilemmas." (New York Times )^"A miracle . . . sparkles like an electric dream." (The Village Voice )^"An unforgettable trip." (Time )^"It is filled with beauty. . .a finely made whole that seems to emanate from a very special grace." (Baltimore Sun )