![]() transnational history and reflect tensions between restorative and reflective nostalgia while provoking the ambivalences of longing and belonging, guilt and innocence, the repercussions of repressed memories, and disillusionment with American exceptionalism. ![]() Nonetheless, this chapter argues, the first three books embedded within the framework of fictionalized Petit’s story rigorously employ a critical approach to the U.S. On the surface, McCann’s representation of Petit’s walk may seem to embrace restorative nostalgia for an idealized past and romanticized homeland. This chapter examines the cultural and political implications of nostalgia that Colum McCann’s Let the Great World Spin brings to the fore in relation to American innocence and exceptionalism. In bringing healing to a wounded society, the representation of Petit’s walk is usually infused with a general sense of nostalgia. ![]() Philippe Petit’s tightrope walk of 1974 has served as an inspiration for a growing number of artistic works which claim to provide post-9/11 mourning. ![]()
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