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    'Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' Author Robert M. Pirsig Dies At 88

    Zen was published by William Morrow in 1974, after being rejected by 121 publishing houses. The book has endured as a work of popular philosophy, and inspired many a road trip across the West.
    by Laurel Wamsley Apr 24, 2017 2 minutes
    Author Robert Pirsig and his son Chris in 1968. Pirsig, who wrote <em>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance</em>, died Monday at age 88.

    Robert M. Pirsig, who inspired generations to road trip across America with his "novelistic autobigraphy," Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, died Monday at the age of 88.

    His publisher William Morrow & Company said in a statement that Pirsig died at his home in South Berwick, Maine, "after a period

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