Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - An Enquiry Into Values - Robert M Pirsig

Reviewed by: Andy (Wyrmtongue, Dec. 1996)

This is one for the philosophical amongst you. On The Road meets Sophie's World. It is about a man in search of himself, whilst on a motor bike trip with his son, across the great expanse of America's plains and mountains. The title says it all, and yet it says nothing. Pirsig manages to weave a complex and layered mystery around the mental breakdown of a failed academic. Questioning the nature of sanity and self, blending Gothic fantasy and philosophical argument, this is a classic of its time.

We have a couple of books by Robert Pirsig in the icsf library, please see the database for the list.