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The Seven Storey Mountain
The Seven Storey Mountain
Author: Thomas Merton
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 p...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780156010863
ISBN-10: 0156010860
Publication Date: 10/4/1999
Pages: 467
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3.9 stars, based on 17 ratings
Publisher: Harcourt
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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An interesting but slow read- overabundant details about EVERYTHING!
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I read most or the book. He lead an extraordinary life and shared extraordinary thoughts about his conversion, ordination, and tempatations and contemplative life.
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Not an easy read but illuminating
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The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the greatest spiritual classics of our time. Here is an extraordinary testament of an intensely active and brilliant young man who decided to withdraw from the world only after he had fully immersed himself in it. At the age of 26 Thomas Merton entered a Trappist monastery.


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