I read this as a young adult and I understood what Pirsig was saying in an intellectual sense, but I didn't really grok the book until I was closer to Pirsig's own age (when he wrote it) and learned 'the hard way'. I also didn't finish the book because I felt like Pirsig was repetitively making the same point. As a result, I have some questions (not necessarily directly for you, @patrickthebold, but for whoever cares to answer): (1) Were you able to internalize the lessons from this book? (2) Is there anything valuable in the back ~half of the book? (3) If you read this book about 20 years ago, would you re-read it; or if read it less than 20 years ago, would you recommend your future self re-read it?
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
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