The seven storey mountain

Merton, Thomas 1915-1968 (author.). Giroux, Robert, (writer of introduction.). Shannon, William H. (William Henry), 1917-2012 (writer of supplementary textual content.).

Summary:

"This unique spiritual autobiography is the account of the growing restlessness of a brilliant and passionate young man whose search for peace and faith eventually leads him, at the age of twenty-six, to take vows in one of the most demanding religious orders - the Trappists. At the monastery, and within the "four walls of my new freedom," Merton wrote this extraordinary testament - a document of a man who withdrew from the world only after he had fully immersed himself in it. For this Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, Robert Giroux has written a memoir of how he came to publish The Seven Storey Mountain, and Merton's distinguished biographer, William H. Shannon, has supplied a note for the reader."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 0151004137
ISBN: 9780151004133
ISBN: 0156010860
ISBN: 9780156010863
Physical Description: xxiii, 467 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: Fiftieth anniversary edition.
Publisher: New York : Harcourt Brace, [1998]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Date of original copyright is 1948. "Introduction" and "Note to the reader" have copyright dates of 1998. Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prisoner's Base -- Our Lady of the Museums -- The Harrowing of Hell -- The Children in the market place -- With a great price -- The waters of contradiction -- Magnetic North -- True North -- The sleeping volcano -- The sweet savor of liberty -- Epilogue: Meditatio pauperis in solitudine.