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Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance : an inquiry into values / Robert M. Pirsig.
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TextSeries: HarperPerennial modern classicsPublication details: New York HarperPerennial 2005 Description: 430, 16 s. 21 cmISBN: 9780060839871 (pbk.); 0060839872 (pbk.)Subject(s): Pirsig, Robert M | Fathers and sons -- United States | Self | Fathers and sons | Far-sonrelationerDDC classification: 917.304924 Other classification: Fiction | Nqa Summary: A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, this book 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.--From publisher description
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book (loan) | Gräsvik | Fiction | Available | 080041486368 |
A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, this book 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.--From publisher description