To reach the clouds : my high-wire walk between the Twin Towers

著者

• Petit, Philippe

書誌事項

To reach the clouds : my high-wire walk between the Twin Towers

Philippe Petit

Faber and Faber, 2008

• : pbk.

注記

Originally published: New York: North Point, 2002; London: Faber, 2003

内容説明・目次

内容説明

One night in 1974, a young Frenchman secretly - and illegally - rigged a tightrope between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. At daybreak, he gave the high-wire performance of all time, making eight crossings over the course of an hour, 110 floors up above the earth, as a hundred thousand people gathered on the ground to watch. In "To Reach the Clouds", Philippe Petit re-creates a six-year quest to realise his dream, an adventure as thrilling as the walk itself. In an unforgettable memoir he tells the story of how he conspired, connived, improvised, and insisted his way to this 'coup', abetted by a motley crew of accomplices, the occasional miracle, and his own unflagging passion. He reveals himself to be not only a virtuoso of the air but also a bold and inspired performer on the page. Animated by never-seen photographs and Petit's ingenious sketches, "To Reach the Clouds" is a tour de force of the imagination and a serenade to his beloved towers.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB28480876
• ISBN:
  • 9780571245857
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: xi, 227 p
• 大きさ: 20 cm.
• 分類:
  • DC22 : 796.46097471
• 件名:
  • BLSH : Petit, Philippe, 1949-
  • LCSH : World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.)
  • LCSH : Aerialists -- France
  • LCSH : Tightrope walking -- New York (State) -- New York