It is the birthday of writer Robert M. Pirsig (1928), who is remembered for his remarkable bestseller Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (1974). The book is based on an 18-day motorcycle trip Pirsig took with his 11-year-old son from St. Paul, Minnesota, to San Francisco in 1968. Pirsig wrote that the book is neither a study of Zen Buddhism nor very factual about motorcycle maintenance. It is, rather, a philosophical examination of western culture. It sold five million copies. Pirsig's son was later fatally stabbed in front of the San Francisco Zen Center.
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