FRACTURE (Granta, £14.99) is Argentinean writer Andres Neuman’s fifth book translated into English and his first novel since his acclaimed Talking To Ourselves, published in 2014.

A tale of love, personal tragedies and loss that spans many decades and continents, it tells the story of Yoshie Watanabe, survivor of the Nagasaki and Hiroshima nuclear disasters.

Taking the reader on a fascinating journey from the busy streets of Tokyo and bohemian Paris to New York’s Harlem, Buenos Aires, Madrid and back to Japan, it’s interspersed with Watanabe’s personal experiences after returning to Japan in 2011 following a long career abroad as an electronics executive, along with his memories of his previous female partners.