http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/24/525443040/-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-author-robert-m-pirsig-dies-at-88 (http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/24/525443040/-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-author-robert-m-pirsig-dies-at-88)
I've read Zen several times and coincidentally started "Zen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" last week.
Zen was a fascinating book for me. A father & son trip from Minnesota to California. Almost 2,000 miles, two-up on a Honda CB360.
The book is more about philosophy and good living, I think, than it is about motorcycles --- but it's a very good read.
Goodbye, Robert, and thank you for the classic story.
I'll have to confess that I did not finish the book. Of course, I was reading it online during breaks at work, but got far too bogged down in the third person references to his former life though I did get through quite a bit before losing interest.
Still, it is a work that I have heard referenced most of my life.
I read it several several moons ago when a buddy gave me a copy before I left out on a cross country journey in my 66 VW bus. I was in my early 20's then... I have not read it since although I found it while packing up for the big move coming up. I think I will read it again to see what I get out of it now that I am in my 40's.
i was told i was supposed to like it. i tried to like it. i failed to like it.
but i can appreciate his struggles.