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A search for solitude : pursuing the monk's true life / Thomas Merton ; edited by Lawrence S. Cunningham.
Van Pelt Library BX4705.M542 A3 1995b v.3
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968
- Series:
- Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968. Journals of Thomas Merton ; v. 3.
- The journals of Thomas Merton ; v. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968--Diaries.
- Merton, Thomas.
- Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968.
- Trappists--United States--Diaries.
- Trappists.
- Catholic Church--United States--Clergy--Diaries.
- Catholic Church.
- Monastic and religious life.
- Solitude--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Solitude.
- Clergy.
- Diaries.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 406 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco, Calif.] : HarperSanFrancisco, [1996]
- Summary:
- The third volume of Trappist monk Thomas Merton's "journals" chronicles his struggle to reconcile his celebrity as an author and peace activist with his desire for a life of silence and contemplation and also his conflicts with monastic routine, and his exploration of Zen, existentialism, Marxism, and Latin American culture. Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0060654783
- 0060654791
- OCLC:
- 33439106
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