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This book has been called "the confession of a modern St Augustine". Since its first publication in 1948, it has been translated into more than twenty languages, and now it is being published in Ukrainian for the first time.

The author, Thomas Merton, a Catholic priest and Trappist monk, is one of the most famous spiritual authors of the twentieth century. In his book, an extraordinary artist and intellectual, he tells his own story of searching for God and finding his vocation. Merton's sincerity of storytelling and writing talent immediately provoked a whole wave of "Catholic revival" in the United States. Thanks to the book, millions of people came to faith, many of them became priests and monks.