This book will give you a new outlook on life. It follows a 17-day motorcycle road trip across the U.S. by Pirsig and his son Chris, and also for the first 9 days John and Sylvia Sutherland. Pirsig investigates the implication and notions of what "quality," which is an expression that he judges to be imperceptible, is and is not. As I was reading the book I slowly found myself changing, the way I acted and the relationships I had with people. Along with being a nostalgic adventure, because of the detail it goes into on motorcycles and the guts of them, it truly astounded me how little I know about the world, that so much could be said about the metaphysics of quality. One word, one idea. This book helped me see the world in a new light, and I am sure it would change your perception of existence also.