For Mendoza, whom I met in a bar in la Candelaria, the novel was an exorcism.
我在烛台区的一家酒吧遇见门多萨，对他而言，这部小说是一个驱魔。
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The waiter has just finished taking our drink order of two rum-and-Cokes here in La Paz, Bolivia, and as everybody in this bar knows, he is now offering the main course.
在玻利维亚首都拉巴斯的一间酒吧，侍应端来了我们点的两杯朗姆可乐，所有人都知道，主菜上场的时间到了。
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But two years later they decided to return and restore an 85-year-old mansion, now la Brisa Loca, a hostel and bar aimed at backpackers.