The Seven Storey Mountain

By Thomas Merton,

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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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