The Seven Storey Mountain: Fiftieth-Anniversary Edition (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780151004133)

One of the most famous books ever written about a man's search for faith and peace.

The Seven Storey Mountain tells of the growing restlessness of a brilliant and passionate young man, who at the age of twenty-six, takes vows in one of the most demanding Catholic orders--the 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. At the abbey, he wrote this extraordinary testament, a unique spiritual autobiography that has been recognized as one of the most influential religious works of our time. Translated into more than twenty languages, it has touched millions of lives.

This beautifully produced commemorative edition includes an account of the book's original publication by Merton's editor, Robert Giroux, an Introduction by Merton's biographer, Father William Shannon, and Merton's own Introduction to the Japanese edition.

Author: Thomas Merton
ISBN-10: 0151004137
ISBN-13: 9780151004133
Publisher: HarperOne
Language: English
Published: 10/04/1998
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.97lbs
Size: 9.73h x 6.48w x 1.57d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/01/1998 pg. 224