... George Trow, 63, a Critic of American Culture, Dies . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
"In the last half-dozen years, Mr. Trow’s nostalgia for a waning world grew into an enveloping despair, his friend Mr. Nugent said. Mr. Trow forsook his home in Germantown, N.Y., and roamed North America, from Texas to Alaska to Newfoundland, living a pared-down existence, never settling long in one place. After treatment in a psychiatric hospital, he expatriated himself to Italy."
May perpetual light shine upon him.
What a sad and lonely man. I remember reading his essays over the years, and one or two of his stories (which weren't very good, sadly). The world is colored by the light of our spirits -- his was dark and he saw the world darkly. May he rest in peace.
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