Lila
Thanks muchly for the post about this. Looks like it's coming out on a BBC CD. (I've never got to grips with bittorrent and that sort of stuff!)
Like others here, it took me two readings to reach the end of the book, and ever more dippings-in to try to get the best of it.
If anyone's interested, I'd recommend Pirsig's 2nd book, Lila. It brings morality into the discussion of his meaning of quality and life, and I found it easier to grasp. Although that could be because I had previously read Zen twice.
The story is a journey again, down the Hudson River on his boat, with a woman who asks him for a lift to his destination (New York).
I still assume that in this book, although autobiographical, 'Lila' is a fictional character. Unlike Chris, Pirsig's son, in Zen.
Anyone know if that's right? I think I might have read the answer somewhere but don't remember.
Maybe I'll have to read it again. It's about 15 years since I read it.
.....yes, that's a good idea.
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