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

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

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Beschreibung

Note: The font size of the text in the book is 11.5 pt
A penetrating examination of how we live and how to live better
A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance becomes a personal and philosophical odyssey into fundamental questions on how to live. The narrator's relationship with his son leads to a powerful self-reckoning; the craft of motorcycle maintenance leads to an austerely beautiful process for reconciling science, religion, and humanism. Resonant with the confusions of existence, this classic is a touching and transcendent book of life.
This new edition contains an interview with Pirsig and letters and documents detailing how this extraordinary book came to be.
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Beiträge

3
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2

I can see why this book mostly has either 1 or 5 star reviews. It's very ambitious, weaving together what is basically 3 very different narratives. It contains some interesting ideas, but for me, neither the metaphysics nor the characters really struck a chord.

5

2 chapters in and I felt it was going to be my 2nd best book. Midway it became too heavy. But by the end I was back to the same feeling. An amazing tale of a motorcycle journey, father-son relationship and inquiry about things. It may seem didactic to some but I felt the question take hold of me more than the answers. And I have been reading vociferously finishing one book after another. On Kindle app mostly for last 4 years. Counting pages to end. But after a long time I read this book in a Zen mode. Paperback. One chapter a day and not looking at the chapter length. Sometimes two chapters if one did not fill me with enough Zen. So reading it was a journey with no wanting to get to the next stop. No knowledge where I would stop. Definitely a must read for anyone feeling a disconnect with their jobs and relationships. That would include everyone I guess.

2

Could not finish….

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