Author Description

Product Description When Thomas Merton published The Seven Storey Mountain in 1948, no one could have expected it to become an international sensation. An autobiography of his conversion to Catholicism, it became a wildly popular bestseller, propelling the humble Trappist monk to literary fame. Today, it is widely regarded as a spiritual classic.While it remains his most famous work, The Seven Storey Mountain is only the tip of the iceberg in Merton's rich, multi-layered oeuvre. In Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain, and the Rest of the Story, you will join award-winning professor and speaker Michael W. Higgins in exploring Merton's compelling autobiographical literature. As you examine his journals, letters, novels, and poetry, you will encounter a brilliant portrait of the premier Catholic spiritual figure of the twentieth century. About the Author Michael W. Higgins, PhD, is the leading biographer of Thomas Merton and Henri Nouwen. He is a celebrated scholar, an award-winning author and documentarian, and a Vatican affairs specialist. A distinguished professor of Catholic thought, he has edited and co-edited, authored, and co-authored thirteen books, regularly contributes to Commonweal and the Literary Review of Canada, and is a columnist for the Telegraph-Journal and the Irish Catholic.