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On the High Wire

English

By (author): Philippe Petit

Translated by: Paul Auster

In this poetic handbook, written when he was just twenty-three, the world-famous high-wire artist Philippe Petit offers a window into the world of his craft. Petit masterfully explains how preparation and self-control contributed to such feats as walking between the towers of Notre Dame and the World Trade Center. Addressing such topics as the rigging of the wire, the walkers first steps, his salute and exercises, and the work of other renowned high-wire artists, Petit offers us a book about the ecstasy of conquering our fears and reaching for the stars. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 125g
  • Dimensions: 114 x 185mm
  • Publication Date: 21 Jun 2019
  • Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780811228640

About Philippe Petit

Philippe Petit (b. 1949) is a French high-wire artist whose celebrated walk between the Twin Towers was the subject of the Academy-Award winning film Man on Wire. He is also the author of Why Knot? To Reach the Clouds: My High Wire Walk Between the Twin Towers and Creativity: The Perfect Crime. A critically acclaimed novelist essayist and translator Paul Auster lives in Brooklyn. He is the author of many novels including 4321 The New York Trilogy and City of Glass. New Directions publishes his Red Notebook as well as his translations of Stephane Mallarmés A Tomb for Anatole and Philippe Petits On the High Wire. A critically acclaimed novelist essayist and translator Paul Auster lives in Brooklyn. He is the author of many novels including 4321 The New York Trilogy and City of Glass. New Directions publishes his Red Notebook as well as his translations of Stephane Mallarmés A Tomb for Anatole and Philippe Petits On the High Wire.

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