In a story that’s all about balance, the illustrations display it exquisitely in composition. Unparalleled use of perspective and line-architectural verticals opposed to the curve of wires and earth-underscore disequilibrium and freedom. Two ingenious gatefolds draw readers’ eyes into the vertiginous sweep of wirewalker-sky and city below. At the heart are the spreads of Petit on the narrow wire, so far above the city that Earth’s curve is visible. A spare recounting of Philippe Petit’s daring 1974 wire walk between the Twin Towers depicts him as a street performer who defies authority to risk his feat, is arrested, and then sentenced to perform for the children of New York.Īt the conclusion, on the only non-illustrated page are the stark words, “ Now the towers are gone,” followed by the changed skyline and finally by a skyline on which are etched the ghost-like shapes of the towers as memory of the buildings and of Petit’s exploit.
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