John Green Box Set:
Looking for Alaska / An Abundance of Katherines / Paper Towns / Fault in Our Stars and Will Grayson, Will Grayson
生命中的美好缺憾 The Fault In Our Stars
「星星即使在數億光年之外爆炸,光芒仍會留在地球的夜空中。
儘管在不完美的命運中相遇,留下的痕跡並非傷痛,而是美好的缺憾。」
海瑟是個平凡的女孩,雖然她罹患甲狀腺癌,而且已經進入末期。不過,醫學奇蹟縮小了腫瘤,賦予她更多時間思考。對她而言,她的生命就像一顆不定時炸彈,面對死亡,她只想走得輕巧,不想活在太多人的記憶裡,以免讓她愛的人受到傷害。
奧古斯都是個開朗、自信的男孩,即使骨肉瘤害他失去半條腿,仍然肯定生命中簡單的喜悅。只是,他害怕被人遺忘,希望可以累積更多美好的回憶,並且永遠活在人們的記憶裡。
在隨時可能畫下句點的生命裡,兩人在這個或許不是那麼美好,又帶有一絲缺憾的世界裡相遇,彷彿兩顆星星,彼此碰撞、迸發出新的光芒……
"I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once."
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot
twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and
tragic business of being alive and in love
尋找阿拉斯加 Looking for Alaska
邁爾斯是個平凡的少年,沒有好友或女朋友,生活沒有悲傷但也毫無樂趣,唯一的專長是背誦名人的遺言。
為了追尋「偉大的可能性」,他離開安逸的家庭,選擇就讀寄宿學校,因此認識狂放不羈的室友,還有,彷彿象徵所有可能性的阿拉斯加.楊--聰明又叛逆、有趣但無法捉摸,而且超級性感的女孩。
阿拉斯加將邁爾斯拉進她的迷宮裡,他們一同抽菸、喝酒、親吻、惡作劇。邁爾斯獲得有生以來最美妙的體驗,但他不知道的是,「偉大的可能性」同時包含喜悅與痛苦,阿拉斯加也讓他嘗到無法忘懷的苦澀,她的消失留下永遠無解的祕密。
阿拉斯加不只是初次讓男孩著迷與心碎的女孩,她代表生命中所有美好,與無可避免的痛苦、無法解答的問題。尋找阿拉斯加,尋找「偉大的可能性」,尋找與痛苦共度的解答……
“If people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.”
Miles Halter’s whole life has been one big non-event, until he meets Alaska Young.
Gorgeous, clever and undoubtedly screwed-up, Alaska draws Miles into her reckless world and irrevocably steals his heart. For Miles, nothing can ever be the same again.
‘Looking for Alaska’ brilliantly captures the exquisite painful joy of living and loving. Poignant, funny, heartbreaking and compelling, this novel will stay with you forever.
紙上城市 Paper Towns
Quentin Jacobsen has always loved Margo Roth Spiegelman, for Margo (and her adventures) are the stuff of legend at their high school. So when she one day climbs through his window and summons
him on an all-night road trip of revenge he cannot help but follow.
But the next day Margo doesn't come to school and a week later she is still missing. Q soon learns that there are clues in her disappearance . . . and they are for him. But as he gets deeper
into the mystery - culminating in another awesome road trip across America - he becomes less sure of who and what he is looking for.
An Abundance of Katherines
When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a
road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight Judge Judy - loving best
friend riding shotgun - but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge
Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl.
兩個威爾 Will Grayson, Will Grayson
《兩個威爾》是由兩位明星級作家共同合作:約翰.葛林負責單數章節,大衛.賴維森負責雙數章節。故事從兩個威爾各自的觀點描述,藉由呈現兩名青少年的生活,探討青少年對「自我認同」的疑惑。
事實上,大衛.賴維森一直很想寫一個關於兩個同名男孩的故事。自從他在大學碰到與自己同名的男孩,並且因此衍生出一些周遭人誤認的趣事之後,他深深覺得「這之中一定有個故事」。
但是當大衛正式動筆之後,他發現自己需要一個合作夥伴而找上約翰.葛林,兩人一拍即合。在創作故事之初,兩位作者並未詳細討論故事內容與角色個性,只決定了兩個「威爾.葛雷森」必須意外在成人影視店相遇。沒想到這種新穎的創作方式不但行得通,而且兩位作者各自創作出了迷人的角色
艾凡斯頓與納波維爾這兩處芝加哥郊區相距不遠,但分別住在兩地的同名男孩——威爾.葛雷森與威爾.葛雷森,卻好似住在不同的星球上。
艾凡斯頓的威爾:「只要遵守兩項規則,就可以完全避免哭泣:一,別太在意;二,閉上嘴巴。發生在我身上的每件不幸,都是因為沒有恪遵這兩項規則所致。」
納波維爾的威爾:「我總是掙扎著該自殺還是殺死周圍所有人。這世上似乎只有這兩種選擇,其他都是浪費時間。」
一個寒冷的夜晚,在芝加哥市區某間成人影視店裡,兩名威爾陰錯陽差地相遇。當命運將他們引向意外的十字路口,兩名威爾.葛雷森的生命彼此交錯,並邁向未曾預期的方向。
兩條原本平行的人生道路,在名為「泰尼.庫柏」的十字路口交叉。泰尼是個身材龐大的美式足球攻擊線鋒,也是個性絕妙、才華洋溢的音樂劇創作者。
在新舊朋友的推波助瀾之下,威爾和威爾展開各自的戀情。同時,他們見證了一齣震撼人心的高中音樂劇演出。
嘗試→錯誤→嘗試→錯誤→嘗試→錯誤→嘗試→錯誤……兩個威爾在青春中摸索,為親情、友情、愛情等種種人際關係迷惘,希望找到理想的答案。
One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, Will Grayson crosses paths with . . . Will Grayson. Two guys with the same name, running in two very different circles, suddenly find
their lives going in new and unexpected directions, and culminating in epic turns-of-heart and the most fabulous musical ever to grace the high-school stage.
Told in alternating voices from two award-winning authors - John Green (author of The Fault in Our Stars) and David Levithan (author of Boy Meets Boy) - this unique collaborative novel
features a double helping of the heart and humour that has won both authors legions of fans.