绘本《The man who walked between the towers》，Square Fish

绘本内容

Book Contents 内容简介

In 1974, French aerialist Philippe Petit threw a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center and spent an hour walking, dancing, and performing high-wire tricks a quarter mile in the sky. This picture book captures the poetry and magic of the event with a poetry of its own: lyrical words and lovely paintings that present the detail, daring, and–in two dramatic foldout spreads– the vertiginous drama of Petits feat.

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In 1974, French aerialist Philippe Petit threw a tightropebetween the two towers of the World Trade Center and spent an hourperforming high-wire tricks. This Calecott Medal-winning picturebook present the detail, daring, and–in two dramatic foldoutspreads– the vertiginous drama of Petits feat. Full color.

About the Author 作者介绍

Mordicai Gersteins recent books include the highly praised What Charlie Heard. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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From Publishers Weekly
This effectively spare, lyrical account chronicles Philippe Petits tight rope walk between Manhattans World Trade Center towers in 1974. Gerstein (What Charlie Heard) begins the book like a fairytale, “Once there were two towers side by side. They were each a quarter of a mile high… The tallest buildings in New York City.” The author casts the French aerialist and street performer as the hero: “A young man saw them rise into the sky…. He loved to walk and dance on a rope he tied between two trees.” As the man makes his way across the rope from one tree to the other, the towers loom in the background. When Philippe gazes at the twin buildings, he looks “not at the towers but at the space between them…. What a wonderful place to stretch a rope; a wire on which to walk.” Disguised as construction workers, he and a friend haul a 440-pound reel of cable and other materials onto the roof of the south tower. How Philippe and his pal shang the cable over the 140-feet distance is in itself a fascinating-and harrowing-story, charted in a series of vertical and horizontal ink and oil panels. An inventive foldout tracking Philippes progress across the wire offers dizzying views of the city below; a turn of the page transforms readers vantage point into a vertical view of the feat from street level. When police race to the top of one towers roof, threatening arrest, Philippe moves back and forth between the towers (“As long as he stayed on the wire he was free”). Gersteins dramatic paintings include some perspectives bound to take any readers breath away. Truly affecting is the books final painting of the imagined imprint of the towers, now existing “in memory”-linked by Philippe and his high wire. Ages 5-8. (Sept.)
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