Publication

2010 - Atlantic Books, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

69,250 words, Guess

Page Count

277 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveascension0000gall
  • ISBN-10184354752X
  • ISBN-139781843547525
  • OCLC Control Number475463137
  • Better World BooksKP-092-314
and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC813.6
  • LCCPS8563.A465 A83 2010
  • LCCPS8000

Description

"It is the summer of 1976 and Salvo Ursari, a man of retirement age, is walking on a taut wire strung between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Centre, almost 1400 feet above the city. It is the most challenging performance of his life. Far below him in the gaping crowd stands his wife, Anna, to whom he has made a solemn promise: this wire walk will end his career. As a boy growing up in Transylvania, Salvo Ursari is haunted and inspired by the gypsy folklore that forms his heritage. When a tragic fire that envelops his entire family, Salvo is forced to flee his village and begin a lifetime's odyssey that takes him through the Transylvanian forests, to the streets Budapest - where he first learns the skills of a wire-walker - and eventually to the United States during the heyday of the Big Top."--Provided by publisher.

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Other Editions

  • AscensionAtlantic Books2010

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