Looking for Alaska
From Omnictionary
Looking for Alaska is a novel written by John Green.
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Summary
Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words–and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the "Great Perhaps." Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young. Clever, funny, screwed-up, and dead sexy, Alaska will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps.
Praise for the book
- "John Green has written a powerful novel–one that plunges headlong into the labyrinth of life, love, and the mysteries of being human. this is a book that will touch your life, so don't read it sitting down. Stand up, and take a step into the Great Perhaps." –K.L. Going.
- "The spirit of Holden Caulfield lives on." –Kliatt
- "This is my all time favorite book. Thank you John!" Daniel/Homskllet
- "Alaska > Any other book."
- "It's been months since I have read Looking for Alaska, and I still can't get it out of my head." -Monica H.
- "while reading looking for alaska, i was looking for some tissues to dab my tears-o-happiness because it was so dang good." -suzya.
Alaska is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO amazing
- "Looking for Alaska is the story of my life." -Ryan
- "This book means more to me each time I read it." -Eggplant
- This book is probably the greatest of all time. I was so moved. It got me really thinking about life. The story is so easy to relate to and each time I read it and turn the last page....I'm like wow. -Lauren
External Links
Penguin's LFA Reading Guide and interview with John Green
Looking for Alaska at Amazon
Quotes
"Ya'll smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die." (Alaska)
"'What the hell is that?' I laughed. 'It's my fox hat.' 'Your fox hat?' 'Yeah, Pudge. My fox hat.' 'Why are you wearing your fox hat?' I asked. 'Because no one can catch the motherfucking fox.'"
"They love their hair because they're not smart enough to love something more interesting."
"Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present."
