Juan Esteban Constaín

By Juan Esteban Constaín

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  Open Letters

  NOVEL, 2022.

  Is it possible to reinvent the past? To what extent can fiction change the course of events? Marcelino Quijano y Quadra, an enlightened Popayán native and invincible gambler, man of all...

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  Álvaro

  NON FICTION, 2019

  On the centenary of the birth of Álvaro Gómez Hurtado, one of the most important political figures in the modern history of the country, Juan Esteban Constaín has written an...

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  The Past is Never

  ESSAY, 2018

  The Past is Never is a collection of essays by Juan Esteban Constaín on a wide array of subjects including the First World War, D Day, the assassination of Rafael Uribe Uribe, the Battle of...

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  The man who wasn't Thursday

  NOVEL, 2014

  BIBLIOTECA DE NARRATIVA PRIZE (COLOMBIA) Shortly before his resignation, Benedict XVI dusts off on ancient rite to canonize G.K. Chesterton. The story dates back to a strange episode in...

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  ¡Calcio!

  NOVEL, 2010

  Arnaldo Momigliano, an Italian professor, scandalizes the academic circles of Oxford with an exhibition that places the origins of football in Italy. The eternal mystery of who invented...

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  The Sinking of the Empire

  NOVEL, 2007

  An extraordinary true story: a man from Granada, adventurous and revolutionary as any of his compatriots, finds himself caught up in a risky expedition to rescue Napoleon from exile on Saint...

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  The Martyrs

  SHORT STORIES, 2004

  "This is a volume of stories about writers," Constaín writes in a prologue that sets a bold, enthusiastic tone for his portraits of dozens of legendary figures including Pushkin, Conrad,...