“Il signor Vito Trovato è morto ieri mattina. Lui ha novantotto anni…”
“Il signor Vito Trovato è morto ieri mattina. Lui ha novantotto anni…”“Signor Vito Trovato died yesterday morning. He was ninety-eight years old,” read the announcement. It had come to me in the mail, in a small envelope on which my name and address were neatly lettered.
“Signor Trovato was born in 1920 to parents who remain unidentified. He was adopted as an infant by Michele Innocenza and Maria Grazie Innocenza. Signor Trovato’s surname – a common name for orphans meaning literally ‘found’ – was given to him by the adoption agency and it remained the same after his adoption. He lived his entire life in Mazara del Vallo and is best known for his keen understanding of the history of the Mediterranean region generally,
