LA STORIA VERA CHE HA ISPIRATO IL NUOVO FILM DI ROBERT ZEMECKIS IN USCITA A OTTOBRE 2015 «Un libro straordinario... Avvincente come un thriller» The Indipendent «Fu Philippe Petit che unì le Twin Towers, in un atto d'estasi e di bellezza. Adesso che un atto di terrore le ha distrutte, questo libro le riunisce e le resuscita, disobbediendo alla gravità» Werner Herzog «È bello ricordare quel mattino del 1974, quando un ...

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, now filmed as The Walk, Philippe Petit re-creates a six-year quest to realise his dream, an adventure as th...

«Il funambolismo non è un’arte della morte, ma un’arte della vita – della vita vissuta al limite del possibile. Ogni volta che mette piede sul cavo, Philippe tiene in pugno quella vita e la vive in tutta la sua esilarante immediatezza, in tutta la sua gioia. Possa egli viverla fino a cent’anni». Paul Auster «Philippe Petit è un artista, e il suo teatro è il cielo». Robin Williams «È un libro bellissimo. Punto. Uno di quei libri che ti...

"Mr. Petit is the perfect teacher" in this fascinating, educational volume on knot-tying—an art and science that has held civilization together ( The Wall Street Journal).Philippe Petit is known for his astounding feat of daring when, on August 7, 1974, he stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York City. But beyond his balance, courage, and showmanship, there was one thing Petit had to be absolutely cert...

"A heady, rushing account" of the 1974 high-wire act between the World Trade Center towers—now a Robert Zemeckis film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review)."Philippe Petit is an artist whose theater is the sky. In this absorbing book, he reveals himself to be equal parts Houdini, Nureyev, and da Vinci." —Robin WilliamsOne late-summer day, a feat of unimaginable audacity w...

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 ab...

In the vein of The Creative Habit and The Artist’s Way, a new manifesto on the creative process from a master of the impossible.Since well before his epic 1974 walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, Philippe Petit had become an artist who answered first and foremost to the demands of his craft—not only on the high wire, but also as a magician, street juggler, visual artist, builder, and writer. A born rebel like many creative peop...

Dieses Buch wurde von einem 23-jährigen Mann geschrieben, der kurz zuvor in wenigen Monaten und ohne Lehrer eine Kunst erlernt hatte, die es bis dahin nicht gegeben hatte. Heute ist Philippe Petit weltberühmter Hochseilartist. Bekannt wurde er vor allem durch seinen unerlaubten Gang über ein Hochseil zwischen den Türmen des World Trade Centers. Auf dem Hochseil zeigt, wie ein Drahtseil zu einer Schule des Lebens wird: vom Entfernen des Schmierfetts über den Moment, in dem die Zehen zum ers...

“On the High Wire is fascinating to read. You will learn about the man, his work, his passion, his tenacity and lucidity” (Marcel Marceau)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. Addres...

Since well before his epic 1974 walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, Philippe Petit had become an artist who answered first and foremost to the demands of his craft—not only on the high wire, but also as a magician, street juggler, visual artist, builder, and writer. A born rebel like many creative people, he was from an early age a voracious learner who taught himself, cultivating the attitudes, resources, and techniques to tackle even seemingly impossible feats. His ou...

This book is your ultimate Philippe Petit resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Philippe Petit's whole picture right away. Get countless Philippe Petit facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.The Philippe Petit Handbook is the single and largest Philippe Petit reference book. This compendium of in...

« Pierre Legendre est né le 15 juin 1930 en Normandie. Attaché à cette origine, il aime à se définir aujourd’hui comme un homme du passé et de l’avenir. Son parcours est atypique et son œuvre monumentale. Les livres ont toujours été sa patrie. Il fit ses universités à Paris et à Rennes. À la fin des années 1940, on composait son menu au gré de ses penchants. « On avait le choix, dit-il, de devenir un idiot ou de se construire. » Il a choisi la deuxième hypothèse. C’est ainsi qu’il est deve...