Finding Alaska John Green

Sie ist schön, er durchschnittlich. Sie ist verletzlich, er hat ein dickes Fell. Sie ist euphorisch, voller verrückter Ideen, er neu an der Schule und natürlich verliebt in sie: Alaska. Wo führt das hin? Sie die Sonne des Internats, Miles einer der Planeten, die um Alaska kreisen. Alaska mag Lyrik, nächtliche Diskussionen über philosophische Absurditäten, heimliche Glimmstängel im Wald und die echte wahre Liebe. Miles ist fasziniert - und mächtig überfordert. Wie kann er einem solchen Wesen begegnen, ohne sich in ihm zu verlieren? Und überhaupt: Wer ist Alaska? Sie gibt so wenig von sich preis. Was bedeutet der lang ersehnte Kuss? Aber dann setzt sich Alaska betrunken hinters Steuer…

Una raccolta delle storie più belle scritte da John Green, che risplendono più che mai in questo nuovo firmamento puntellato dai racconti che lo hanno reso noto in tutto il mondo. Si tratta di vite che vengono sconvolte da incontri sorprendenti, come quello tra Miles Halter e Alaska Young, che disordina il loro grigio quotidiano mettendoli faccia a faccia con la morte e con la forza dell’amore incondizionato; della sofferenza della malattia che scopre nuova luce nell’incontro con l’altro, come succede tra le corsie dell’ospedale in cui si trovano Hazel e Augustus; o ancora, di vicende misteriose che riguardano una vecchia compagna di scuola, che una notte si affaccia alla finestra di Quentin Jacobsen per strapparlo dal sonno e dalla monotonia della loro "Città di carta". Attraverso l’America e le sfumature dell’adolescenza, Green narra in modo magnifico l’impatto che una vita può avere su un’altra.

Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave “the Great Perhaps” even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . .

Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave “the Great Perhaps” even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . .

John Damberg is a master vibist, marimbist, percussionist, composer and educator who has enjoyed a successful career in music spanning 40 years. John currently resides in Anchorage, Alaska where he is the leader of the John Damberg Latin Jazz Quintet, the Instructor of Percussion at the University of Alaska Anchorage, Executive Director of the Alaska Jazz Workshop, and the past President and Vice-President of the Percussive Arts Society Alaska Chapter. John is an active performer in the Alaska and Pacific Northwest music and he is an ardent promoter of jazz & percussion education.