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    <![CDATA[The Seven Storey Mountain]]>
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    <![CDATA[A modern-day <em>Confessions of Saint Augustine</em>, <em>The Seven Storey Mountain</em> is one of the most influential religious works of the twentieth century. This edition contains an introduction by Merton's editor, Robert Giroux, and a note to the reader by biographer William H. Shannon. It tells of the growing restlessness of a brilliant and passionate young man whose search for peace and faith leads him, at the age of twenty-six, to take vows in one of the most demanding Catholic orders-the Trappist monks. At the Abbey of Gethsemani, &quot;the four walls of my new freedom,&quot; Thomas Merton struggles to withdraw from the world, but only after he has fully immersed himself in it.  The Seven Storey Mountain has been a favorite of readers ranging from Graham Greene to Claire Booth Luce, Eldridge Cleaver, and Frank McCourt. And, in the half-century since its original publication, this timeless spiritual tome has been published in over twenty languages and has touched millions of lives.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as fabulous as I thought it would be, though that seems to be by design- the narrative voice starts off observant but self-centered and immature, as the mature Merton perceived himself to be.  The narration matures through the book, and the discussion of pacifism in particular was nuanced and in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57863551">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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