On Thomas Merton

by Mary Gordon

Book Overview

From the best-selling novelist and memoirist: a deeply personal view of her discovery of the celebrated modern monk and thinker through his writings. "If Thomas Merton had been a writer and not a monk, we would never have heard of him. If Thomas Merton had been a monk and not a writer, we would never have heard of him." So begins acclaimed author Mary Gordon in this probing, candid exploration of the man who became the face and voice of mid-twentieth-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611803373
• ISBN13: 9781611803372
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Shambhala
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.9"