Die Schöne und das Biest

Gestern Abend habe ich den Reich-Ranicki ausgelesen, es war ja nur ein kleines, dünnes Büchlein. Man mag zwar mit Reich-Ranicky nicht immer einer Meinung sein, aber er kann einem Literatur wirklich sehr nahe bringen.

Heute beginne ich dann mit einem Jugend-Buch, das "Die Schöne und das Biest" in's heutige New York City verlegt und an einer High School ansiedelt. Was ich bisher gelesen habe, gefällt mir ganz gut.

Mein Neues:

Alex FLINN
Beastly

Product Description: A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright—a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster.

You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll stay this way forever—ruined—unless I can break the spell.

Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly . . . beastly.