When prophecy still had a voice

the letters of Thomas Merton and Robert Lax

by Thomas Merton

2001 448 pages eng

"Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a twenty-year-old sophomore when he was introduced to fellow student Robert Lax (1915-2000) in the Columbia University cafeteria in 1935. They were brought together by an admiration for each other's writing as it appeared in the college humor magazine. Upon graduation …