On the high wire / Philippe Petit ; translated, with an introduction, by Paul Auster.

By:

Petit, Philippe, 1949- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Auster, Paul, 1947- [translator,, author of introduction.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: New York : New Directions Books, 2019Description: xxv, 115 pages ; 19 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781474613705

Uniform titles:

Traité du funambulisme. English

Subject(s):

Tightrope walking

DDC classification:

796.46 23

LOC classification:

GV553 .P4713 2019

Summary: "In this poetic handbook, the world-famous high-wire artist Philippe Petit offers a window into the world of tightrope walking. 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. 'After long hours of training, the moment comes when there are no more difficulties,' Petit writes. 'Everything is possible, everything becomes easy. It is at this moment that many have perished. But that, no, that is not at all what I am afraid of'"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Chinhoyi University of Technology Libraries	Chinhoyi University of Technology Libraries	GV 553 PET (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.047454	Available		BK0091927

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"In this poetic handbook, the world-famous high-wire artist Philippe Petit offers a window into the world of tightrope walking. 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. 'After long hours of training, the moment comes when there are no more difficulties,' Petit writes. 'Everything is possible, everything becomes easy. It is at this moment that many have perished. But that, no, that is not at all what I am afraid of'"-- Provided by publisher.

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