Thoughts in Solitude
$36.24
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
29 November 1999
Summary
Thoughtful and eloquent, as timely (or timeless) now as when it was originally published in 1956, Thoughts in Solitude addresses the pleasure of a solitary life, as well as the necessity for quiet reflection in an age when so little is private. Thomas Merton writes: “When society is made up of men who know no interior solitude it can no longer be held together by love: and consequently it is held together by a violent and abusive authority. But when men are violently deprived of the solitude …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780374513252 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0374513252 |
| Author: | Thomas Merton |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 29 November 1999 |
| Weight: | 132g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm x 10mm |
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Critics Review
“The writing itself, uniformly high in quality, seems one great burst of energy–the lifeward push of a man who loved cities and people but who loved solitude and God more, and who found a tolerable midpoint when he was alone and writing to somebody.” - The New Yorker
About The Author
Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton a Trappist monk, is perhaps the foremost spiritual writer of the twentieth century. His diaries, social commentary, and spiritual writings continue to be widely read thirty years after his untimely death in 1968.
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