Prvo besedilo v zbirki je esej Thomasa Mertona z naslovom O dežju in nosorogu / Rain and the Rhinoceros, ki izhaja v dvojezični, slovenski in angleški ediciji. V angleškem izvirniku je bil prvič objavljen leta 1965 v knjigi z naslovom Raids on the Unspeakable (Napadi na neizgovorljivo). Besedilo je drobec v Mertonovem obsežnem opusu, ki zajema več kot šestdeset del in odseva kompleksno avtorjevo osebnost. Bil je znalec in iskalec, menih in eremit, svetovno znan pisatelj in družbeni aktivist, ki je črpal navdih iz narave, literature in filozofije.
O dežju in nosorogu je brezčasna meditacija o samoti, ki nagovarja k razmisleku, kako ostati človek.
Thomas Merton wrote more than 70 books, mostly on spirituality, as well as scores of essays and reviews. Merton was a keen proponent of interfaith understanding.
Interest in his work contributed to a rise in spiritual exploration beginning in the 1960s and 1970s in the US. Merton's letters and diaries, reveal the intensity with which their author focused on social justice issues, including the civil rights movement and proliferation of nuclear arms. He had prohibited their publication for 25 years after his death. Publication raised new interest in Merton's life.
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