Author

Books by Robert Pirsig

Robert Pirsig (1928–2017) was an American writer and philosopher. He studied Eastern and Western philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the University of Chicago, and worked for years as a technical writer before completing Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The book was his first major publication and one of the best-selling philosophy books in history. His follow-up, Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991), extended the Metaphysics of Quality developed in the first book. Pirsig struggled with mental illness throughout his life and continued the motorcycle trips that formed the basis of the first book until late in his life.