The Seven Storey Mountain

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. There 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.

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