The Seven Storey Mountain
Book description
The complete and unedited edition of Thomas Merton's famous autobiography, one of the greatest works of spiritual pilgrimage ever written.
'The Seven Storey Mountain is a book one reads with a pencil so as to make it one's own.'
Graham Greene
'A remarkable book, a classic of its kind, written…
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1 author picked The Seven Storey Mountain as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Admittedly, a book about a womanizing druggie who finds God and goes off to be a Trappist monk sounds trite. But this is the real deal, mainly due to Merton’s candidness, but also to his beautiful writing. Though published in 1948, it feels entirely modern. There’s a journey here but you’ll remember the interior one more than the exterior one.
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