On the High Wire - Softcover

Petit, Philippe; Auster, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811228649 ISBN 13: 9780811228640

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2019

Synopsis

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 walker's 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.

About this title

About the Authors

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 Mallarmé's A Tomb for Anatole and Philippe Petit's On the High Wire.

Edition details

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811228649
• ISBN 13: 9780811228640
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128