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Isabel Allende tells a story of impossible love in 'Lovers at the Museum'

We spoke with the prolific, 81-year-old author about her new short story — a powerful allegory of the human condition and the mystery of love — and also AI and what's she's working on now.
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Isabel Allende has a new short story out, a delightfully ribald tale of impossible love — with plenty of sex-at-first-sight.

The impossible part is because the lovers' adventure takes place in a locked fortress of a museum, Bilbao's famous Guggenheim; the lovers walk in after hours through massive doors that, well, just open for them. In the tradition of Calderón de la Barca, Voltaire's optimism of cultivation, and even Yip Harburg, isa story of dreams, justice, and free

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