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Par Darwin Ortiz
Les meilleures cartomanes
du monde sont loin d’être d’accord sur
tout. Mais il y a une chose qui fait leur
unanimité : en matière de manipulations
avec des cartes à jouer, aucun livre ne mérite
une étude aussi approfondie que The Expert at the Card Table.
Outre Dai Vernon, il y a une personne qui a passé toute sa
vie à étudier cet ouvrage de
référence dans les moindres détails,
disséquant chaque technique et chaque phrase du
mystérieux tricheur qu’était
S.W. Erdnase : le célèbre
théoricien de l’art magique Darwin Ortiz.
Les 273 annotations de l’auteur de Strong Magic
apportent un nouvel éclairage sur l’histoire et
l’exécution des techniques expliquées
dans le livre d’Erdnase. Que vous soyez un cartomane aguerri
ou un débutant désireux d’apprendre
sérieusement la cartomagie, The Annotated Erdnase
vous procurera des années de plaisir.
Livre en anglais, 270 pages environ.
Descriptif original
anglais :
The top card men in the world disagree on many things. One
thing they all agree on is that no other book in the history of card
manipulation deserves careful study more than The Expert at the Card
Table. After one hundred years, it is still considered the foundation
upon which modern card magic is based. It contains some of the most
perfectly constructed sleights in all of card magic. Even more
important are the profound lessons in the real secrets of magic:
naturalness, attention to detail, uniformity of action and the
psychology of deception. For a century, the methods of S.W. Erdnase
have been studied, practiced and written about by countless card
experts. One person who spent a lifetime studying every detail of this
landmark book is Darwin Ortiz. The copious notes he kept while
meticulously dissecting each move and every sentence of The Expert form
the basis for The Annotated Erdnase. Darwin's 273 annotations shed new
light on the history of the various moves and effects, provide
technical insight into their proper execution, give cross references
for further reading and include hundreds of obscure bits of information.
For The Annotated Erdnase we completely re-typeset The Expert at the
Card Table resulting in the most readable copy ever offered. We have
reproduced a few pages from The Annotated Erdnase to illustrate how the
book has been laid out. The inside column of each page (nearest the
spine and surrounded by a rectangular box) is the original text from
The Expert at the Card Table. The number of each annotation appears in
bold type. The outside columns contain Darwin's annotations, which more
than double the size of the original book. Whether you're a skilled
professional looking to increase your already considerable knowledge,
or just a beginner hoping to learn the basics of card magic, The
Annotated Erdnase will provide you with years of pleasure.
There has been a lot of speculation about the true identity of the man
who wrote The Expert at the Card Table. Was S.W. Erdnase actually
Milton Franklin Andrews, a gambler and murderer who took his own life?
The evidence is truly fascinating and reads like a Hollywood script.
The final chapter of The Annotated Erdnase is an article called he
Mystery of Erdnase written by the late Martin Gardner wherein Gardner
recounts his search for the man behind the book.
Regardless of your level of expertise or specific area of interest, The
Annotated Erdnase is a valuable companion to the greatest book ever
written on sleight of hand with cards.
Approximately: 270 pages – Hardbound with dust jacket.
Dimentions 8 1/2" × 11"
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