Robert M. Pirsig (1928-2017) is the author of Zen and the Art of
Motorcycle Maintenance, which has sold more than five-million
copies since its publication in 1974, and Lila, a finalist for the
1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He graduated from the University
of Minnesota (B.A., 1950; M.A., 1958) and also attended Benares
Hindu University in India, where he studied Eastern philosophy, and
the University of Chicago, where he pursued a PhD in philosophy.
Pirsig's motorcycle resides in the Smithsonian Institution.
Wendy K. Pirsig is an archivist who lives in New England. She was
married to Robert M. Pirsig from 1978 until his passing.
"On Quality, a collection of Pirsig’s speeches, fiction, letters, and musings ... reads like a notebook from a life spent pondering: What does 'quality' mean? Why are some things better than others? What is it about humans that causes us to recognize the difference?" — The New Yorker
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