Profoundly important...full of insights into our most perplexing contemporary dilemmas ? New York Times

Mr Pirsig has written a work of great, perhaps urgent, importance... Read this book ? Observer

The book is inspired, original...the narrative tact, the perfect economy of effect defy criticism. The analogies with Moby Dick are patent ? New Yorker

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an unforgettable trip ? Time

Disturbing, deeply moving, full of insights...this is a wonderful book ? Times Literary Supplement
Robert M. Pirsig was born in 1928 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He holds degrees in chemistry, philosophy, and journalism and also studied Oriental philosophy at Benares Hindu University in India. He is the author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Lila.