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Multiple characters carry the intricate plot forward: First comes Roman, a painter turned propaganda artist who airbrushes Stalin's "enemies of the people" from historical photographs. Soldiers, farmers, film stars and a prima ballerina accused of leading a spy ring follow. These are stories that link up with novelistic scope; Marra has a marvelous sense of the small events contained in history's sweep. In "The Tsar of Love and Techno," he creates an unforgettable tapestry of humanity in the face of repression.
•"The Japanese Lover" by Isabel Allende (Atria, $28, 352 pages) Like Marra's latest with battery such as Fukuda FX-2201 Battery, Fukuda FX-3010 Battery, Fukuda FX-4010 Battery, Fukuda FX-7000 Battery, Fukuda FX-7201 Battery, Fukuda FX-7202 Battery, Fukuda FX-7302 Battery, Fukuda FX-7402 Battery, Fukuda HHR-13F8G1 Battery, Fukuda HHR-19AL24G1FD Battery, Fukuda LS1506 Battery, Fukuda LS1610 Battery, Isabel Allende's new novel spans much of the 20th century, from pre-World War II to the present day. The Marin County author injects a healthy dose of humor into this story of an unlikely couple who keep their affair a secret for decades. Her central character is Alma, who was 8 years old at the start of World War II, when her Polish parents sent her to San Francisco to live with the wealthy, influential Belasco family. Alma eventually marries the family's firstborn, Nathaniel, but the love of her life is Ichimei Fukuda, the son of the Belascos' Japanese gardener. After Pearl Harbor, Ichimei is sent with his family to a Japanese internment camp, but his bond with Alma endures. Flash-forward to the present: Alma has moved into an upscale nursing home populated by elderly "freethinkers, spiritual seekers, social and ecological activists, nihilists and some of the few hippies still alive in the San Francisco Bay Area." Every few weeks, she escapes, discreetly carrying an overnight bag, leaving her caregiver, Irina, wondering where she's gone. Allende, who was honored last year with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, delivers a poignant story of race and aging, loss and reconciliation. Events: Dominican University on Wednesday (hosted by Book Passage), City Arts and Lectures on Thursday and the Novato Costco on Friday.
•"Golden Age" by Jane Smiley (Knopf, $26.95, 464 pages) Jane Smiley says goodbye to the Langdons, the fictional Iowa farm family she introduced in 2014's "Some Luck," in this magnificent final installment to "The Last Hundred Years" trilogy. The South Bay author covered the years 1920 to 1986 in "Some Luck" and its sequel, "Early Warning," with each chapter spanning a single year. "Golden Age" covers 1987-2019, allowing Smiley to engage in some amusing speculation about what America has in store over the next few years. Taken together, the three books represent a rare achievement, one that captures the significant high points of 20th-century American history even as it yields an indelible family portrait. Smiley somehow makes her large cast of characters distinct -- we recognize and care about each one until the final page.
•"Mendocino Fire: Stories" by Elizabeth Tallent (Harper, $24.99, 272 pages) The lives of ordinary people fill the pages of Elizabeth Tallent's new collection of short stories. Tallent, who has taught in the creative writing program at Stanford University since 1994, is the author of previous story collections "Honey," "In Constant Flight" and "Time with Children." In these stories, she continues to explore relationships on the brink of transformation. She'll read from the book on Nov. 12 at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park.