Post by Jaga on Sept 14, 2007 10:16:57 GMT -7
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Katarazyna Grochola may not yet be challenging J K Rowling in the best-seller lists but her name - and that of Jeremy Clarkson - were sufficient to signal the latest seismic shift in Britain's cultural landscape this week. On Wednesday morning a queue of impatient customers formed outside the Birmingham branch of the Borders bookshop waiting to get their hands on some hot merchandise - the first batch of Polish literature to hit the British high street.
Grochola, the author of a successful series of "chick lit" titles which has been likened to Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones books, was in strong demand as the doors opened to dozens of Polish customers.
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findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20070714/ai_n19374589
Katarazyna Grochola may not yet be challenging J K Rowling in the best-seller lists but her name - and that of Jeremy Clarkson - were sufficient to signal the latest seismic shift in Britain's cultural landscape this week. On Wednesday morning a queue of impatient customers formed outside the Birmingham branch of the Borders bookshop waiting to get their hands on some hot merchandise - the first batch of Polish literature to hit the British high street.
Grochola, the author of a successful series of "chick lit" titles which has been likened to Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones books, was in strong demand as the doors opened to dozens of Polish customers.
...