Zen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Part travelogue, part meditation on an author and his work, Zen and Now is a tribute to a beloved American book and the landscape that inspired it.

Since it was first published in 1974, Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance has become a modern classic, a beautifully constructed blend of travel narrative and philosophical inquiry that has moved generations of readers. One of those readers was journalistMarkRichardson, who after rediscovering the book at middle age, decided to retrace Pirsig's journey. Fromthe back of his own motorcycle, Richardson investigates what happened to the reclusive Pirsig, his family, and the people described in the book in the years after its surprising success.

Author: Mark Richardson
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 09/08/2009
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.85d
ISBN13: 9780307390691
ISBN10: 0307390691
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- Travel | United States | General
- Travel | Special Interest | Adventure

About the Author
Mark Richardson is a motorcycle and auto editor and writer for the Toronto Star.