The Seven Storey Mountain
by Thomas Merton
Taste attributes: biographydocumentaryslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthhuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeRealistic and moving: a weighty biography, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Thomas Merton
- Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 435
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- Open Library
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