The Monk's Record Player: Thomas Merton, Bob Dylan, and the Perilous Summer of 1966

Hudson, Robert

ISBN 10: 0802875203 / ISBN 13: 9780802875204

Published by Eerdmans, 2018

Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Seller Inventory # F12A-04502

Synopsis:

The story of a monk, a minstrel, and the music that brought them together. In 1965 Thomas Merton fulfilled a twenty-four-year-old dream and went to live as a hermit beyond the walls of his Trappist monastery. Seven months later, after a secret romance with a woman half his age, he was in danger of losing it all. Yet on the very day that his abbot uncovered the affair, Merton found solace in an unlikely placethe songs of Bob Dylan, who, as fate would have it, was experiencing his own personal and creative crises during the summer of 1966. In this parallel biography of two countercultural icons, Robert Hudson plumbs the depths of Dylans influence on Mertons life and poetry, recounts each mans interactions with the woman who linked them togetherJoan Baezand shows how each transcended his immediate troubles and went on to new heights of spiritual and artistic genius. Readers will discover in this compelling book a story of creativity and crisis, burnout and redemp­tion, in the tumultuous era of 1960s America.|The story of a monk, a minstrel, and the music that brought them together. In 1965 Thomas Merton fulfilled a twenty-four-year-old dream and went to live as a hermit beyond the walls of his Trappist monastery. Seven months later, after a secret romance with a woman half his age, he was in danger of losing it all. Yet on the very day that his abbot uncovered the affair, Merton found solace in an unlikely placethe songs of Bob Dylan, who, as fate would have it, was experiencing his own personal and creative crises during the summer of 1966. In this parallel biography of two countercultural icons, Robert Hudson plumbs the depths of Dylans influence on Mertons life and poetry, recounts each mans interactions with the woman who linked them togetherJoan Baezand shows how each transcended his immediate troubles and went on to new heights of spiritual and artistic genius. Readers will discover in this compelling book a story of creativity and crisis, burnout and redemp­tion, in the tumultuous era of 1960s America.

About the Author: Robert Hudson is a recognized Bob Dylan scholar, a member of the International Thomas Merton Society, and a veteran editor who has worked with a number of best-selling authors, including Philip Yancey, Walter Wangerin Jr., Leonard Sweet, and Lee Strobel. He and his wife, Shelley, play in the old-time string band Gooder'n Grits.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Monk's Record Player: Thomas Merton, Bob...
Publisher: Eerdmans
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included