Lowca by Geoff Stalker
The novel is set in the equivocal social and moral values of the rough, grim, Cumbrian mining village of Lowca which, over time loses its defining pollutions and industries - its unique society. It is a unique blend of comedy, tenderness and personal tragedy.
Geoff Stalker was born in 1948 in Whitehaven, Cumbria. He attended Lowca School and Whitehaven Grammar School, where he played in the school's rugby, cricket and athletics teams. Following a Fine Art Foundation course at Loughborough University, he completed a B.A. in Fine Art at Sunderland University and a PGCE at Reading University. As a student, he was founder Chairman of the British Polytechnics Sports Federation. He did summer jobs at a brick-works and a slate-mine before a twenty year career in teaching. After exhibitions in New York at the Lincoln Centre and the Ward-Nasse Gallery, he became a full-time artist, specialising in portraiture and "ditches". His work is in private and public collections in the U.K., the U.S.A., New Zealand and France. He was not the greatest rugby player, but he did play against every British and Irish international hooker of his generation and was a successful professional rugby coach for thirty years.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781789632491 |
| ISBN 10 | 1789632498 |
| Title | Lowca |
| Author | Geoff Stalker |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The Choir Press |
| Year published | 2021-11-24 |
| Number of pages | 302 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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