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A review by polymath_craftista
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M. Pirsig
4.0
This book is in a category of its own. It's part autobiography, part philosophy (breaking apart Western philosophy and matching it up with Eastern). On top of that it forces you to take a deeper look at insanity. All of this is integrated into a setting of a motorcycle road trip. Fascinating!
The one thing that bothered me is that the book only addresses men by extensively using 'he'. The book is written in the 60s, or early 70s (first came out in 1974) so apparently women couldn't be mechanics. The times have changed and so should the pronouns. Besides, motorcycle maintenance is an allegory, and the lessons can be applied to any activity.
Nonetheless, I highly recommend this book.
The one thing that bothered me is that the book only addresses men by extensively using 'he'. The book is written in the 60s, or early 70s (first came out in 1974) so apparently women couldn't be mechanics. The times have changed and so should the pronouns. Besides, motorcycle maintenance is an allegory, and the lessons can be applied to any activity.
Nonetheless, I highly recommend this book.