he had been born at San Cono, a tiny hamlet which is now, thanks to the bus, almost a satellite star in the solar system of Palermo, but a century ago belonged as it were to a planetary system of its own, being four or five cart-hours from the Palermo sun.
izan ere, San Cono zen bere jaioterria, herri txiki-txiki bat, orain autobusei esker Palermoko satelite bat ia-ia, jendez betea; baina duela mende bat, nolabait esateko, planeta-sistema berezi batekoa zen, gurdiz lauzpabost orduko bidea baitzegoen Palermoko eguzkitik.