--- product_id: 120438709 title: "By Robert Pirsig - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Reissue) (1/31/84)" price: "172.58 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/120438709-by-robert-pirsig-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # By Robert Pirsig - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Reissue) (1/31/84) **Price:** 172.58 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** By Robert Pirsig - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Reissue) (1/31/84) - **How much does it cost?** 172.58 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/120438709-by-robert-pirsig-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description One of the most important and influential books written in the past half-century, Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a powerful, moving, and penetrating examination of how we live . . . and a breathtaking meditation on how to live better. Here is the book that transformed a generation: an unforgettable narration of a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest, undertaken by a father and his young son. A story of love and fear -- of growth, discovery, and acceptance -- that becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life's fundamental questions, this uniquely exhilarating modern classic is both touching and transcendent, resonant with the myriad confusions of existence . . . and the small, essential triumphs that propel us forward. Review: A most extraordinary man and book. - Robert Crisp was a man unmanageable except by his own wit and lights. I was fascinated to read how the WWII tank hero who participated in some of the great underdog and under-weaponed battles of WWII, (Greece and the Western Desert in Libya.), beat cancer with the help of his Greek doctors and his own imbibing a chemotherapeutic preparation instead of applying topically. Broke the rules once again. He is most comfortable in desperate discomfort and ambiguity, where his perception of events shortly to come in nature allows him to cope, perhaps unlike events in the human world where reality is a matter of perception, conniving, and hostile plans of people very unlike him. I see in him a need to get back to basics of existence, far from plans to disrupt his options. If, like reading a novel, you suspend disbelief and accept that he 'had to' leave domesticity and live rough on a Greek peninsula in a donated ramshackle home, his only income a soldier's disability pension, it is vitally interesting. His relationships with the donkey and his adopted animals show him in a sympathetic light. People really loved him, wherever he went, when things were simple and they didn't need him to execute behaviors and plans. I knew a war hero in Vietnam who was most interested in what happened in the next five minutes rather in longer range speculations. Is there explanation here? Would Bob Crisp have been a hero if he were pedestrian and methodical? The newspaper columns he was paid for as he later circumnavigated Crete on foot have been collected with earlier and later writings and carefully compiled into this book, published posthumously by his family. Here's a man who lived at the most basic. To read this book is to touch a life, one of the most extraordinary lives of our times. Read it and find encouragement. After having speculated so much about him, I must add that I awaited this publication and bought it on the day of publishing, because I have such high regard for Robert Crisp, having read both Brazen Chariots and The Gods were Neutral. Something about him illuminates our times and lives. Thanks to his children for their hard work. I hope it becomes a further legacy for the family. Review: From Brazen Chariots to a donkey walk about - Any one who has read and been fascinated by Robert Crisp’s war memoirs will enjoy his twilight story of a walk around Crete with a donkey. He was and is a very interesting character, brave( by his own account) but totally self absorbed which robbed him of medals he deserved in war but also led him to abandon his wife and children in middle age and go “hippy” in Greece. Since there is no biography this is as close as you can get to the well written and,yes, charming story of an absolutely unique character. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 407 Reviews | ## Images ![By Robert Pirsig - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Reissue) (1/31/84) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Wkhwt6nSL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A most extraordinary man and book. *by C***N on October 7, 2015* Robert Crisp was a man unmanageable except by his own wit and lights. I was fascinated to read how the WWII tank hero who participated in some of the great underdog and under-weaponed battles of WWII, (Greece and the Western Desert in Libya.), beat cancer with the help of his Greek doctors and his own imbibing a chemotherapeutic preparation instead of applying topically. Broke the rules once again. He is most comfortable in desperate discomfort and ambiguity, where his perception of events shortly to come in nature allows him to cope, perhaps unlike events in the human world where reality is a matter of perception, conniving, and hostile plans of people very unlike him. I see in him a need to get back to basics of existence, far from plans to disrupt his options. If, like reading a novel, you suspend disbelief and accept that he 'had to' leave domesticity and live rough on a Greek peninsula in a donated ramshackle home, his only income a soldier's disability pension, it is vitally interesting. His relationships with the donkey and his adopted animals show him in a sympathetic light. People really loved him, wherever he went, when things were simple and they didn't need him to execute behaviors and plans. I knew a war hero in Vietnam who was most interested in what happened in the next five minutes rather in longer range speculations. Is there explanation here? Would Bob Crisp have been a hero if he were pedestrian and methodical? The newspaper columns he was paid for as he later circumnavigated Crete on foot have been collected with earlier and later writings and carefully compiled into this book, published posthumously by his family. Here's a man who lived at the most basic. To read this book is to touch a life, one of the most extraordinary lives of our times. Read it and find encouragement. After having speculated so much about him, I must add that I awaited this publication and bought it on the day of publishing, because I have such high regard for Robert Crisp, having read both Brazen Chariots and The Gods were Neutral. Something about him illuminates our times and lives. Thanks to his children for their hard work. I hope it becomes a further legacy for the family. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ From Brazen Chariots to a donkey walk about *by E***H on December 19, 2023* Any one who has read and been fascinated by Robert Crisp’s war memoirs will enjoy his twilight story of a walk around Crete with a donkey. He was and is a very interesting character, brave( by his own account) but totally self absorbed which robbed him of medals he deserved in war but also led him to abandon his wife and children in middle age and go “hippy” in Greece. Since there is no biography this is as close as you can get to the well written and,yes, charming story of an absolutely unique character. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ fantastica *by B***F on November 13, 2025* fantastical --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/120438709-by-robert-pirsig-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/120438709-by-robert-pirsig-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-10-17*