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To Reach the Clouds

To Reach the Clouds

by PhilippePetit (Author)

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    Hardcover 2003

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Synopsis

In 1974, a young Frenchman secretly - and illegally - rigged a tightrope between the Twin Towers. He made eight corssings in an hour, while 100,000 people watched in the streets of New York. In "To Reach The Clouds", Petit recreates his six-and-a-half-year quest to realize his dream. Animated by numerous photographs and Petit's sketches, this text is a serenade to his beloved towers and the unfettered aspiration they expressed.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 240
 Edition: First UK Edition
 Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 17 Feb 2003
ISBN 10: 0571217702
ISBN 13: 9780571217700

Media Reviews
'One year after the nightmares of September 11, how good to remember that morning in 1974 when a young man gave New York a gift of astonishing, indelible beauty. How good that he has sat down now to give us this lively and often heart-stopping account of how he achieved his masterpiece'. Paul Auster
Author Bio
Philippe Petit Born into a middle class French family in 1949, Philippe Petit taught himself magic, juggling and hire-wire walking while still a child. At sixteen he began to travel the world, as a street juggler. He has performed illegal hire-wire walks between the towers of Notre Dame, the Twin Trade towers and the northern pylons of Sydney Harbour bridge.