The Seven Storey Mountain

Author / Publisher: Merton, Thomas

A modern-day Confessions of Saint Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most influential religious works of the twentieth century. This edition contains an introduction by Merton's editor, Robert Giroux, and a note to the reader by biographer William H. Shannon. It tells of the growing restlessness of a brilliant and passionate young man whose search for peace and faith leads him, at the age of twenty-six, to take vows in one of the most demanding Catholic ordersthe Trappist monks. At the Abbey of Gethsemani, the four walls of my new freedom, Thomas Merton struggles to withdraw from the world, but only after he has fully immersed himself in it. The Seven Storey Mountain has been a favorite of readers ranging from Graham Greene to Claire Booth Luce, Eldridge Cleaver, and Frank McCourt. And, in the half-century since its original publication, this timeless spiritual tome has been published in over twenty languages and has touched millions of lives. The autobiography of a young man who led a worldly life and then at the age of 26, entered a Trappist monastery.

ISBN: 9780156010863

Dimensions: Height: 1.3 Inches, Length: 7.9 Inches, Weight: 0.85 Pounds, Width: 5.2 Inches

Pages: 496