The Other Side of the Mountain: The End of the Journey

With the election of a new Abbot at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton enters a period of unprecedented freedom, culminating in the opportunity to travel to California, Alaska, and finally the Far East - journeys that offer him new possibilities and causes for contemplation. In his last days at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton continues to follow the tumultuous events of the sixties, including the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy. In Southeast Asia, he meets the Dalai Lama and other Buddhist and Catholic monks and discovers a rare and rewarding kinship with each. The final year is full of excitement and great potential for Merton, making his accidental death in Bangkok, at the age of fifth-three, all the more tragic.

Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 06/23/1999
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.14h x 5.26w x 0.95d
ISBN13: 9780060654870
ISBN10: 0060654872
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Religious
- Religion | Christianity | History
- Religion | Spirituality