Zen and now : on the trail of Robert Pirsig and Zen 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 journalist Mark Richardson, who after rediscovering the book at middle age, decided to retrace Pirsig’s journey. From the 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.[[https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Now-Robert-Motorcycle-Maintenance/dp/B001FVJHAW/ref=tmm\_aud\_swa...](https://r.mrd.ninja/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FZen-Now-Robert-Motorcycle-Maintenance%2Fdp%2FB001FVJHAW%2Fref%3Dtmm_aud_swatch_0%3F_encoding%3DUTF8%26amp%3Bqid%3D%26amp%3Bsr%3D)](https://r.mrd.ninja/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FZen-Now-Robert-Motorcycle-Maintenance%2Fdp%2FB001FVJHAW%2Fref%3Dtmm_aud_swatch_0%3F_encoding%3DUTF8%26amp%3Bqid%3D%26amp%3Bsr%3D) 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 journalist Mark Richardson, who after rediscovering the book at middle age, decided to retrace Pirsig’s journey. From the 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. (https://r.mrd.ninja/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FZen-Now-Robert-Motorcycle-Maintenance%2Fdp%2FB001FVJHAW%2Fref%3Dtmm_aud_swatch_0%3F_encoding%3DUTF8%26amp%3Bqid%3D%26amp%3Bsr%3D) (https://r.mrd.ninja/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FZen-Now-Robert-Motorcycle-Maintenance%2Fdp%2FB001FVJHAW%2Fref%3Dtmm_aud_swatch_0%3F_encoding%3DUTF8%26amp%3Bqid%3D%26amp%3Bsr%3D) https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Now-Robert-Motorcycle-Maintenance/dp/B001FVJHAW/ref=tmm_aud_swa... 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. From the Trade Paperback edition I can tell from the sign by the bank, without turning my head from the road, that it's nine thirty in the morning.