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Estaban en Jerez, tapeando tortillitas de camarones y Tío Pepe en el bar Carmela, en las mesas bajo el viejo arco en forma de túnel.
They were in Jerez, having tapas—shrimp and tortilla espahola—and drinking Tio Pepe at the Carmela bar, at a table under the old arch. It was a
El viejo me pidió que yo primero y yo repetí el gesto atávico de extraer el pan de los dioses de debajo de su servilleta colorada ligeramente humedecida, sudada, como si la tierra misma se abriera para ofrecerme la magdalena proustiana de los mexicanos: la tortillita bien calientita.
The old man asked me to take the first bite and I repeated the atavistic gesture of taking the moistened bread of the gods out from under the damp colored napkin, as if the earth itself had opened up to offer me the Proustian madeleine of the Mexican: the warm tortilla.
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